Library calendar

Youth Winter School Holiday Event: Sumo Battle (for ages 12-18)

Fri 8 Jul 2022 - Fri 8 Jul 2022

10 am - 12 pm

Lionel Bowen Library

Join the Robogals team for their most popular workshop! Construct robots, customise them to your preferences and program them to push each other out of a ring. This is a competitive workshop where each group battles for supremacy in the sumo ring.

Kids' Winter School Holiday Event: Ukulele for Beginners (for school years 3-6)

Fri 8 Jul 2022 - Fri 8 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 12 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Want to learn to play a fun instrument? Join Saulan and learn the beginnings of how to play the ukulele.

Table Tennis For Fun

Fri 8 Jul 2022

1 pm - 3 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Come and “hit it off” with friends at our weekly Table Tennis For Fun sessions. Paddles and balls are available see library staff for access.

Youth Winter School Holiday Event: Monday Makers: Young Architects Model Making Workshop (for ages 12-18 years)

Mon 11 Jul 2022 - Mon 11 Jul 2022

10 am - 1 pm

Lionel Bowen Library

Discover simple techniques that will help you design your own model house, skyscraper, community centre or stadium. We will use model-making techniques similar to professional architects to construct model buildings that you would want to have in your city.

Kids' Winter School Holiday Event: Woven Dream Catchers (for school years K-6)

Mon 11 Jul 2022 - Mon 11 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 11.30 am

Malabar Community Library

Using some CDs, wool, feathers and beads, come and weave your own colourful dream catchers to display.

Kids' Winter School Holiday Event: LEGO Adventures (for school years 3-6)

Tue 12 Jul 2022 - Tue 12 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 11.30 am

Margaret Martin Library, Randwick

Come and join our awesome LEGO adventure! You will have the opportunity to imagine, design and build a physical world of landscapes, space stations, forests and more. The only limitation will be your imagination.

Little Pandas Club (in Mandarin) 开心小熊猫乐园

Tue 12 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 11 am

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Join us for children’s songs and rhymes in Mandarin followed by a short film or storytelling. A monthly program for pre-schoolers and their parents/carers.

欢迎家长及所有学前小朋友们来参加中文儿童活动，一起唱国语（普通话）儿歌, 念童谣，还有看电影短片或者听故事.

免费活动,须在活动前在网上预定.欢迎所有学前儿童与其家长参加.

Babies Love Books in Spanish - A los niños les encantan los libros

Tue 12 Jul 2022

11.15 am - 11.45 am

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

A monthly program of rhymes, songs, stories and music in Spanish for children aged 0–5 years and their parents/carers.

Rimas, canciones, cuentos y música en español para niños de 0-5 años. Todos son bienvenidos.

Youth Winter School Holiday Event: Hands-On Poster Design (for ages 12-18 years)

Tue 12 Jul 2022 - Tue 12 Jul 2022

1 pm - 3 pm

Lionel Bowen Library

Making a brilliant poster design has never been easier. Learn how to use shapes, text and images to create unique poster designs for your chosen theme. Whether for a music festival, fashion brand or just plain fun, we will use collage, drawing and writing techniques to turn any sheet of paper into a poster with BIG impact!

Kids' Winter School Holiday Event: Meet the Author: John Michael (for school years 3-6)

Wed 13 Jul 2022 - Wed 13 Jul 2022

11 am - 12 pm

Margaret Martin Library, Randwick

Join local author John Michael as he talks about his book Googol Boy. Meet Howie, an unassuming kid who has been supercharged with all the power of the internet. What could possibly go wrong?

Kids' Winter School Holiday Event: Pranklab Workshop (for school years 3-6)

Thu 14 Jul 2022 - Thu 14 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 11.30 am

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Come and learn about science while performing fun and hilarious pranks! What's even better than a practical joke? A super awesome science experiment that's fun! Come and see some fun and educational science experiments involving physics, biology, chemistry, and more...

English Conversation Classes - Beginner (Thursdays 10.30am)

Thu 14 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 12 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Weekly online conversational English lessons for students of beginner level. Held at Lionel Bowen Library.

The Knit-in Group

Fri 15 Jul 2022

12.30 pm

Margaret Martin Library, Randwick

Join fellow knitters in a relaxed friendly atmosphere, and help create warm wraps, squares and blankets which will benefit less privileged communities in both Australia and abroad.

Table Tennis For Fun

Fri 15 Jul 2022

1 pm - 3 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Come and “hit it off” with friends at our weekly Table Tennis For Fun sessions. Paddles and balls are available see library staff for access.

Making Mosaic Tiles

Wed 20 Jul 2022 - Wed 20 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 12 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Curious about mosaics but don't know where to start? Never made a mosaic before? This is the perfect class for you. You will learn the basics about setup, safety, cutting tiles, design, do's and don'ts... all in 90 minutes. And you get to take your mosaic home with you.

English Conversation Classes - Beginner (Thursdays 10.30am)

Thu 21 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 12 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Weekly online conversational English lessons for students of beginner level. Held at Lionel Bowen Library.

Scrabble Club at the Library

Thu 21 Jul 2022

1 pm - 2.30 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Do you love to play Scrabble? The weekly Scrabble Club welcomes all player levels from beginner to expert. All equipment provided. come along and join the fun!

Smartphone and Tablet Basic Training for Chinese Speaking Seniors 電腦與智能手機使用輔導班

Thu 21 Jul 2022

2 pm - 4 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Chinese-speaking seniors are invited to join this event once a month on the 3rd Thursdays for tutoring sessions on basic skills in using smartphones, Android tablets or iPads. The sessions will be conducted in the Lionel Bowen Library Maroubra. Participants must be aged 55 years or over.

Ukulele Intermediate Strumming Club

Fri 22 Jul 2022 - Fri 22 Jul 2022

10.30 am - 11.30 am

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Join this series of four strumming sessions to practise your ukulele playing skills with others. Facilitator Saulan Yin-Lo will guide you in a strumming session with other players at a similar level to maintain and build on your skills.

Table Tennis For Fun

Fri 22 Jul 2022

1 pm - 3 pm

Lionel Bowen Library, Maroubra

Come and “hit it off” with friends at our weekly Table Tennis For Fun sessions. Paddles and balls are available see library staff for access.