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Following several months of community engagement, consultation and workshops across the region, the Great Southern Arts, Culture and Heritage Draft Strategy is now available for public comment.

As the school year ends, Albany Summer Reading Club is getting ready to return to Albany Public Library with a new challenge for the summer holidays.

The festive season is here and it's our job to bring the excitement and magic of Christmas to your little ones

Our newest eResource is now live and ready for you to start learning!

The City of Albany has won gold in the Local Government Authority Supporting a Compassionate Community Approach category of the WA Palliative Care Awards.

The City of Albany’s Christmas festivities are double in size this year, combining the community’s traditional pageant with a new Christmas attraction that is sure to engage the whole family.

To ensure our city is accessible to residents living with a disability the City is seeking community representation on the Access and Inclusion Working Group.

Did you know that Albany Public Library now has a Seed Library?

Win a Clever Fox password book!

Exam support and tutors available at the library until 9 October.

Share what you’re reading at home to bring you comfort, inspire and entertain you @australiareads

With the Albany Bicentenary less than five years away, the City of Albany has commenced planning to publish a commemorative book to coincide with the Bicentenary in 2026.

Planning for Albany’s Bicentenary is underway with the City of Albany seeking expressions of interest from local residents to form project reference groups over the next five years.

September 1 - 8 is Adult Learners Week, time to try something new!

The Albany Public Library has seen a surge of interest in online book borrowing, taking advantage of borrowing app Libby to meet local demand.

Schools, community groups, businesses and everyone in between are now invited to register their floats for this year’s Christmas Festival and Pageant.

Albany Public Library is supporting Albany's BIG Sleep Out 2021. From Monday 16th August – Saturday 28th August Albany Public Library will be a collection point for items that will be passed on to Foodbank, Anglicare and PIVOT.

We have some awesome prizes on offer for our 2021 Children's Book Week Competition!

Miss the library newsletter this month? Find the link here.

The Library is exploring an online picture book collection in LOTE (languages other than English) online for kids.

The six seasons of the Noongar calendar will be displayed on the Alison Hartman Gardens and Town Square banners this month in recognition of Reconciliation Week that runs from 27 May to 3 June.

Albany’s community groups, sporting clubs and other volunteer committees are being given the chance to tell the City what training they need to support their groups to thrive with a bespoke survey.

W.J. Kite, local author and winner of the Armadale Writers Award 2020, invites young writers to enter the Writing Tournament. It is open to anyone aged 8-16 years and has a Hollywood screenwriter finalist judge and great prizes. You can find out full details at www.wjkite.com. Tournament entries close 28th September 2021.

This year’s Australian of the Year Award winners have hand selected a number of objects that reveal meaningful stories about their lives and experiences which are on display at the Albany Public Library.

Together art, culture and heritage create a sense of identity for our community and now a Great Southern Arts, Culture and Heritage Strategy is being created to harness our regions individuality.