The Mitcham Library Service is continuing to operate due to COVID-19 in a safe manner including masks, QR codes and hand sanitiser. We monitor and review the situation and provide updates on our social media channels and website. |
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The Mitcham Memorial Library will be open on:
Wednesday 29 December: 10 am - 8 pm
Thursday 30 December: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Friday 31 December: 10 am - 2 pm
Both Mitcham Memorial Library and the Blackwood Library will be closed on all other days until Tuesday 4 January.
Normal operating hours from Tuesday 4 January.
Library items can be returned via the after-hours chutes. When full the chute will automatically close off. Please do not leave items if the chutes are closed.
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The libraries will be closed
Wednesday 26 January 2022
Library items can be returned via the after-hours chutes. When full the chute will automatically close off. Please do not leave items if the chutes are closed.
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Pico and the Golden Lagoon
Mitcham Memorial Library | Wednesday 12 January | 6 pm
Blackwood Library | Thursday 13 January | 6 pm
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Enjoy this fantastic life-size puppet show from Pico's Puppet Palace! Follow Pico as they adventure through an island meeting pirates, creatures and new friends.
Hurry as this will book out fast!
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Pirate Play and Craft
Blackwood Library | Wednesday 19 January | 1 pm & 3 pm
Mitcham Memorial Library | Thursday 20 January | 1 pm & 3 pm
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Join our crew for an hour of interactive Pirate Play aboard the Leaky Sea Dragon.
Make and sharpen a sword, learn some pirate lingo & actions, and batten down the hatches to save our treasure from being washed overboard. Join us for craft, colouring, and an interactive mini pirate play! Heave ho and book your spot.
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Summer Reading Challenge
Mitcham Memorial Library, Blackwood Library & online | January
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Find treasure in a book this summer!
From Tuesday 4 January pick up a form from the Libraries or enter online, write a review and be in the draw to win a book voucher.
To be drawn on 1 February 2022
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January Free Collect-a-Craft
Mitcham Memorial Library & Blackwood Library
Monday 10 January - Sunday 30 January
Grab a free pirate craft to take home in January. A new craft will be available each week while they last!
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Treasure Hunt
Mitcham and
CC Hood Reserves | January
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Pick up a pirate treasure map from Mitcham Memorial Library and Blackwood Library.
Follow the clues at Mitcham Reserve or CC Hood Reserve, answer the questions and bring your map back to the Libraries to claim your prize!
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Pirate Academy
Cumberland Park Community Centre | Wednesday 12 January
10 am - 1 pm
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Join us for an afternoon of pirate lingo, flag making, map creation, treasure hunting, tattooing and cutlass fighting.
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Hook! Peter Pan and the Lost Boys v the Pirate Captain
Cumberland Park Community Centre
Thursday 13 January | 9 am - 4 pm
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Add some drama to your school holidays with this play-in-a-day session featuring pirates, lost boys, fairies and never never land. Performance at 3:45 pm, with caregivers invited to watch! BYO costume if you choose.
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Valentyna Solowij | Author Event
“Left of Centre: Turn Your Life Right Around”
Mitcham Memorial Library | Saturday 29 January | 2pm
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Valentyna Solowij, a senior musculoskeletal physiotherapist, will talk about her self-help approach to low back and neck pain management.
Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing.
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Dementia Prevention
Mitcham Memorial Library
Monday 7 February | 2pm
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Learn about Dementia and discover some strategies to help reduce your own risk, in this informative session with retired Social Gerontologist Chris Heath.
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Léonie Kelsall | Author Event
Mitcham Memorial Library
Wednesday 9 February | 6.30pm
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Come and hear Léonie Kelsall, bestselling author of rural romance fiction titles The Farm at Peppertree Crossing and The Wattleseed Inn.
Léonie has also published a number of titles under the name Laney Kaye, including Malicious Desire, Hawaiian Hurricane, and Hawaiian Taboo.
Books will be available for sale and signing.
(Cash or Direct Deposit/Transfer only - no card facilities)
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Lego® STEM Create and code workshop
Mitcham Memorial Library | Saturday 19 February | 2pm - 3pm
Blackwood Library | Saturday 26 February | 2pm - 3pm
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Join us for a fun and interactive LEGO coding session with Ben from Learn With Bricks. During this one-hour session you will build your own LEGO creation then use a tablet to code, control and bring it to life! No experience is necessary.
Recommended for kids aged 7-12 years old.
$5 per person | Limited places | Bookings essential through Eventbrite
Mitcham session here | Blackwood session here
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New dates are available for all community groups including
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Do you know someone who is unable to visit the library?
This service provides material to housebound people who cannot visit the library due to ill health, frailty or disability.
Supported by our team of wonderful volunteers, we deliver personally selected library material to people in their homes.
This is a free service for eligible residents.
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Adelaide Writers' Week 2022
5 March to 10 March
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Mitcham Memorial Library will once again be streaming Adelaide Writers' Week in March 2022.
Printed programs will be available from the libraries at the end of January. A preliminary line-up of speakers can be found here.
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Storytime and Babytime in 2022 |
Storytime will be returning on Monday 31 January at Mitcham Memorial Library.
Babytime will be returning in 2022 starting at:
Mitcham Memorial Library - Wednesday 2 February
Blackwood Library - Thursday 3 February
For a full list of dates, see our website.
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LITTLE BANG DISCOVERY CLUB
Mitcham Memorial Library | Tuesdays 15, 22 February and 1, 8 March
1.30pm - 2.30pm
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Do you have a curiosity for science? Do you find yourself asking ‘what would happen if...?’ From musical coat hangers to kissing balloons, join in on a variety of fun, interactive table top experiments to excite your senses and embrace your inner scientist.
Little Bang Discovery Club is designed for pre-school and early primary aged children and their families. This hands-on program will allow children and their accompanying parents to combine everyday objects and experiences with genuine scientific enquiry methods.
Please note when booking it includes attendance to all 4 weeks.
Free | Aimed at 3-5 years | Bookings essential via Eventbrite here
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Justice of the Peace during January |
A Justice of the Peace will be available at the Library over the holiday period on the following days where the Library is open:
Mitcham Memorial Library
154 Belair Road, Hawthorn
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
10am to 12pm
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Blackwood Library
215 Main Road, Blackwood
Mondays 10am to 12pm
Wednesdays 10am to 12pm
No appointment necessary.
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Blackwood Library during the bushfire season |
The Blackwood Library will close when an EXTREME or CATASTROPHIC fire warning is declared for the Mount Lofty Ranges District.
Library items can be returned via the after-hours chutes. When full the chute will automatically close off. Please do not leave items if the chutes are closed.
The Mitcham Memorial Library remains open as usual.
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Mitcham Memorial Library
8372 8244
Blackwood Library
8372 8255
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