Eat, Drink and Chemistry Display

Questacon’s travelling exhibition Eat, Drink and Chemistry is currently on display at the Orange City  Library highlighting the importance of chemistry in everyday life. Discover the impact chemists have had in agriculture, aquaculture, viticulture, reducing health issues and protecting the environment.

The Orange display features topics such as “Chemistry’s catch of the day,” “Water features,” and “Food packaging that takes itself away”. Thank you to the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) commissioned the display – we have learnt heaps!

 

 

 

Play Reading Bingo!

Play Central West Libraries Reading Bingo and go in the draw to win prizes including an e-reader. It is a variation of traditional Bingo. Take the challenge by reading some different books –  written by a local author, a forgotten classic, a book that became a movie, a book set on a different continent or one based on a true story. It’s about having fun reading, finding new books to read and staying motivated to keep reading.

Collect a reading 2014 – Reading Bingo Sheet  from your Central West Libraries branch or download from the website. You can start with trying to get one line, a diagonal or the just go for the all the boxes in any order. Write down each book in the space provided and you may find some books may fit one or more categories.

Drop your completed entries into your library for the prize draw by Monday 19^th May during Library and Information Week. Please note Library staff members and their families cannot enter this competition.

The Turning by Tim Winton on ABC TV Sunday Night 9.40pm

Watch this: 17 talented Australian directors each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel (connected short stories) by multi-award winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a portrait of a small coastal community. Eight chapters will  screen on ABC1 on Sunday and a further 9 chapters will receive their  television premiere on ABC Arts on the same night from 11pm. All 17 chapters will be available for viewing on  abc.net.au/arts over the following 14 days together with additional exclusive content. Pictured are actors Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh who feature in Sunday’s episode.

Watch The Trailer

Poetry Slam Unearths Spoken Word Talent

 

 

Winter by Megan Roweth

Warm woolly jumpers covered in snow,

Bonfires burning bright,

Frosty white, cold at night,

Heaters a burning light.

Reading Banjo by the fire,

Pretty soon I start to tire,

Trickling away like sand and dirt through your fingers.

(Written & performed by Megan at Banjo Paterson Festival Poetry Slam, reproduced here with permission)

We opened up our Banjo Paterson Festival Poetry Slam to people of all ages on Saturday afternoon at the CWA Hall. Spoken word artist and host Miles Merrill performed his own brand of poetry for the fantastic audience who thoroughly enjoyed the spirit of the competition.

Four performers bravely took to the stage – Jason, Megan, Jacqui and Robyn – and impressed the judges chosen from the audience with their wonderful performances. The scores were very close – Jason was placed 4th with “Castlereagh”, Jacqui was 3rd with a poem about Spiders, Megan came 2nd with “Winter” and Robyn took out first place with her amusing poem about shopping. In a wonderful gesture, Robyn gave her prize of a $100 gift voucher to Megan, aged 6 years, for her standout original performance on the day.  The crowd burst into loud applause for this act of kindness. Jacqui also entertained everyone with a spontaneous second performance called “Cockroaches” which involved audience participation and had everyone laughing. Thank you both performers and audience for a great afternoon of entertainment.

Banjo Paterson Writing Awards Call for Entries

 

Calling for entries in the annual Banjo Paterson Writing Awards to help celebrate his 150th anniversary from Monday 17^th February – (Banjo’s birthday!). There is a section for Short Stories, Bush Poetry, Contemporary Poetry and Children’s Writing Awards for children aged under 16 years to write stories or poems.  Entries close on Friday 18th April and winners announced on Monday 23rd June.  For guidelines, entry costs and details, call into the Library for an entry form, phone 6393 8120 or download:

BPWA-2014-EntryForm [Web Print Version]