YARRA LIBRARIES

JANUARY-MARCH 2020

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Visit us:
BARGOONGA NGANJIN,
NORTH FITZROY LIBRARY
182 St Georges Road,
North Fitzroy 3068

CARLTON LIBRARY Contact us:

667 Rathdowne Street
Carlton North 3054 PO BOX Richmond VIC 3121
1300 695 427
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What’s On at Yarra Libraries

Our
New App!
Contents
Borrowing from Yarra Libraries
has never been easier thanks to
our new mobile app. Members can
now skip the checkout and borrow
physical items with their mobile
device.
LATEST NEWS 1 Keeping track of digital loans is
now easier too, with an integrated
bookshelf that brings your ebooks,
COMMUNITY & CULTURE 2 audiobooks and digital magazines
from third-party apps (RBDigital,
Arts & Creativity 6 Borrowbox and cloudLibrary) into
Learning & Living 7 the one place.
History & Research 8 The app also allows members to
Ewing Trust 9 reserve study spaces and register
for events; it’s also easy to check
due dates and renew items.
WRITING & LITERATURE 10
Downloading the app is simple.
Staff Picks 10 Search “Yarra Libraries” in the
Author Talks 11 App Store (Apple) or Play Store
(Android), or ask a staff member
for assistance.
DISCOVER DIGITAL 12
Learning & Resources 12
BOOKABLE STUDY SPACES
KIDS 16 Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library,
has Study Spaces available to book free
After School Programs 16 of charge. These include Study Room A,
Featured Events 17 Study Room B and individual desk spaces
in the Community Office. For use by Library
Storytimes 17 members for work, study and research
purposes only - these spaces may be used
if otherwise unoccupied, however must be
vacated if a booking has been made.
All Yarra Libaries events are free to attend but
most require registration. To book a Study Space visit
TO REGISTER VISIT: www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au
www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au or call 1300 695 427 or call 1300 695 427
4 EVENTS / AUTHOR TALKS Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au LATEST NEWS 1
 A Month
to Romance
February will be a red-hot month of romance
at Yarra Libraries. Each week we will screen
a rom-com hit and see the best and worst of
romantic tropes from
love at first sight
to opposites
attract.
TONI JORDAN & MINNIE DARKE
It’s a tale as old as time – but if we all know how a
romance will end what do we keep coming back for?
Join Minnie Darke and Toni Jordan as they discuss the
romantic scenarios they love to read (and write!) and
the ones that no longer make them swoon. R
Wed 4 Mar • 6.30pm-7.30pm • Bargoonga Nganjin
CULTURE X GENDER: HOW TO BE A CALM,
A conversation between trans CONFIDENT & UNSTOPPABLE
people of colour
PUBLIC SPEAKER
Five advocates, artists, and activists, all
Whether you’re speaking to one person or to
trans, all people of colour, will discuss
100 people, having the ability to calmly and
their experiences and reflections of gender
confidently speak in public is a skill that can
diversity. Join Margot Fink, Kira Djnalie,
skyrocket your career and make you stand
Dr Muhammed Taha, Raina Peterson, and
out from the crowd. Susan Weser, a trainer,
Milo Milton-Moon and explore similarities
speaker and coach from Empowered2Thrive,
and differences across cultural lines of
will show you how to be a calm, confident
queerness, gender expression, and identity. R
and unstoppable public speaker/presenter. R
Tuesday 4 February • 6.30pm-8.30pm
Saturday 29 February • 1pm-3pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
Richmond Library
Bookings via Midsumma website.

FILM SCREENING FILM SCREENING FILM SCREENING

It Happened One Night
Pampered socialite
(Claudette Colbert) tries
to get out from under
her father’s thumb in this
screwball comedy and
falls in love with a roguish
reporter (Clark Gable).
Rated PG. Free Popcorn! R
Thursday 6 February
6pm-8.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
2 COMMUNITY & CULTURE
The Apartment
Insurance worker C.C. Baxter
(Jack Lemmon) lends his
Upper West Side apartment
to company bosses to use
for extramarital affairs -
but complications and a
romance of his own ensue.
Rated PG. Free Popcorn! R
Thursday 13 February
1pm-3pm
Collingwood Library
Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au
You’ve Got Mail
A struggling boutique
bookseller (Meg Ryan), hates
the owner of a corporate
book chain store that just
moved in across the street
(Tom Hanks). However when
they meet online, they begin
an intense and anonymous
Internet romance, oblivious
of each other’s true identity.
Rated PG. Free Popcorn! R
Saturday 22 February
1pm-3pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
R = Registrations essential
WORLD HAPPINESS DAY:
Guided Meditation In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility
Celebrate World Happiness Day and start
your weekend right with this guided
meditation with Rachel Hanrahan; local
yogini, meditation instructor and mystic. As
well as assisting with stress-reduction and
healing, meditation can help you unlock
the stillness and happiness within us all.
Includes a Q & A with Rachel. All ages. R
Saturday 21 March • 11am-12pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
TRANS PRIDE MARKET
2020, Local trans arts advocate Teddy
Darling and Yarra Libraries present a
vibrant one-day trans and gender diverse
(TGD) festival at Fitzroy Town Hall! Express
yourself with crafts and zine-making
activities, roam stalls by TGD creators and
entrepreneurs, and sit back and listen to
local TGD musicians and performance artists.
Saturday 28 March • 11am-3pm
Fitzroy Town Hall
COMMUNITY & CULTURE 3
 中文越文新書日慶祝春節:
2020年2月8日星期六10am
至4pm, Richmond圖書館. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM SERIES
Chinese & Vietnamese New
Books & DVDs Day
Celebrate Lunar New Year (Year of
the Rat) with New Books & DVDs Day
in both Chinese and Vietnamese at
Richmond library.

Chào mừng Tết âm lịch Canh Tý

2020 sẽ là Ngày giới thiệu Sách mới
& DVD mới trong bộ sưu tập Tiếng
Việt ở Thư Viện Yarra. Thứ Bảy 8
tháng Hai tại chi nhánh Richmond
(10am-4pm).
Saturday 8 February • 10am-4pm
Richmond Library
Tanna
Tanna is a 2015 Australian-Ni-Vanuatu
film set on the island of Tanna in the South
Pacific, depicting the true story of a couple
who decided to marry for love, rather than
obey their parents’ wishes.
English subtitles. Rated M. R
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
A bored Tokyo office worker (Rinko Kikuchi)
becomes obsessed with a fictional movie
she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on
a scene where stolen cash is buried in North
Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
English subtitles. R

Thursday 6 February • 1pm-3pm Thursday 5 March • 1pm-3pm

Join us to celebrate Collingwood Library Collingwood Library
the launch of two
new books by local
authors: The Time to
be Savoured (Helen
Hu), and Friendship,
Fate, Cherish (Lily Li).
学电脑谈新科技
Bilingual
Tea Talk & Tech
胡海伦和李国立新 秋天诗歌朗诵会 If you’re over the age of
书发会 Autumn Poetry fifty-five, drop in to the
Helen Hu and Lily Li’s Reading library for a chat, a cuppa,
ask questions about tech-
New Book Launch
墨尔本华人朗诵联 nology and anything else
FILM SCREENING FILM SCREENING
请参加新书首发庆 盟为您带来文学的
that may take your interest!
Summer Holiday The Endless Summer
典，胡海伦的《其 视听盛宴。R 如果你使用电脑和
Celebrate summer and escape the heat with Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown
味无穷》和李国立 手机时遇到问题， the 1963 classic Summer Holiday (yes the follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert
的《友情，缘分， Sunday 22 March 欢迎来图书馆参加 one with the song!). Four London transport August as they leave their California home
2pm-4pm mechanics try to run a European travel to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and
珍惜》R Richmond Library 这三次的电脑和手 service with a double-decker bus. other surfing hotspots in a search of “The
Theatrette 机问题解答时间 ！ Suitable for the whole family. Rated G. R Perfect Wave”. Rated G. R
Saturday 8 February
1.30pm-3.30pm Saturday 11 January • 2pm-4pm Saturday 18 January • 2pm-4pm
Mondays 10 & 24 February
Richmond Library Bargoonga Nganjin
& 23 March • 2pm-3pm
Fitzroy Library

4 COMMUNITY & CULTURE Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au R = Registrations essential COMMUNITY & CULTURE 5
SUSTAINABILITY MONTH
DIY CLEANING
PRODUCTS
Discover recipes for different
non-chemical based cleaning
supplies and leave with a
cleaning solution. R
Sat 8 Feb • 11am-1pm
Collingwood Library
DIY T-SHIRT
Make your own t-shirt and learn
the basics of sewing with stretch
fabric. Materials provided. R
Thurs 6 & 13 Feb • 6pm-8pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
NAVIGATING MY AGED CARE
ENGLISH
Are you over the age of 65 and want to find out how to
navigate the My Aged Care system? Come along to a free CONVERSATIONS
information session where the Yarra City Council Regional Practice your English
Assessment Team will explain the process of registering
conversation skills in
with My Aged Care and what to expect when you call
a welcoming and safe
1800 200 422. Morning tea provided. R environment. All welcome.

Wed 12 February • 10am-11.30am • Richmond Library Tuesdays 4 Feb – 29 March

Wed 26 February • 10am-11.30am • Carlton Library 2pm-3pm
Mon 9 March • 10am-11.30am • Bargoonga Nganjin Richmond Library

SUSTAINABILITY SEW SUSTAINABLE SEW SUSTAINABLE

FAIR 2020
Holden Street
Neighbourhood House and
Yarra Libraries bring you
this fun family day with a
focus on sustainability and
climate change awareness.
Sat 29 Feb • 3pm-7pm
Holden St Reserve
Simple alterations
Extend the life of your
garments by learning how
to repair holes and tricks
for altering hems. All other
materials for this workshop
are provided. R
Thurs 20 Feb • 5.30pm-7.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
DIY reusable food bags
Get hands-on with a sewing
machine and learn some
basic construction skills
while making a reusable
produce bag from donated
fabric! R
Thurs 12 Mar • 5.30pm-7.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
RESUME RESCUE
Is your resume in need of
rescue and repair? Book a
free one-on-one, 45-minute
session with library staff,
who can help you write
and edit your best possible
resume. Sessions can also
focus on cover letters,
selection criteria and
interview preparation. Book
by calling 1300 695 427 or
filling out an online request
form via our website. R
RESUME RESCUE
Interview Skills
Learn our top tips and
recommendations for giving
great interviews. Includes a
presentation, Q & A with a
hiring manager plus time to
practise with a partner. R
Tuesday 11 February
11am-12.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
CLOTHING SWAP
Clear out what doesn’t spark
joy! Between 11:30am-
12:30pm, bring your clean
dresses, pants, shirts and
skirts for donation. Return
at 1pm with your tokens to
shop for gently used clothes
to take home!
Sunday 16 February
11.30am-2pm
Bargoonga Nganjin

CRAFT CLUB COLLAGE CLUB SEW FUN! Makerspace

Who says kids get to have all
the crafty fun? Meet us for a
casual craft club for adults,
where we’ll make artistic
creations to take home. R
Mondays 24 Feb & 30 Mar
1.30pm-3.30pm
Carlton Library
6 ARTS & CREATIVITY
Climb the mountain of
magazines at Collage Club.
Whether you’re an absolute
beginner or seasoned pro,
come share your ideas and
skills! Materials supplied. R
Thurs 12 Mar • 5pm-7pm
Carlton Library
Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au
Open session for machine
sewing, BYO creative project.
You’ll need to know how to
use a sewing machine.
Fridays 10 & 24 Jan,
7 & 21 Feb, 6 & 20 Mar
1pm-3pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
R = Registrations essential
OPEN TABLE COMMUNITY LUNCHES
Open Table host free, open-invite community feasts in
neighbourhoods throughout Melbourne in order to build
stronger communities. Surplus food that would otherwise
be thrown away is turned into nutritious vegetable-
based meals for the community. All welcome.
www.open-table.org @opntbl
Saturdays 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Feb & 7, 14, 21, & 28 March
1pm-2pm • Bargoonga Nganjin
LIVING & LEARNING 7
 The Thomas, Samuel and George Ewing Trust is a fund
that allows the development and delivery of events
and projects that promote Fitzroy as a centre of arts,
literature, cultural development and lifelong learning.

MACROBERTSON THE
CHOCOLATE GIANT OF FITZROY
A Walking Tour
Join Isabel Simpson for a walking tour of the
former site of the MacRobertson Chocolate
Empire in Fitzroy. Walk in the footsteps
of Mac, creator of Freddo Frog and Cherry
Ripe, as we discover his ‘Great White City’
including the Bulk store, Old Gold Factory,
Corporate Offices and more. Learn about Mac’s
extraordinary work ethic, passions and major
contributions to science and this country. R
Saturday 14 March • 10am-1pm
Meet at Fitzroy Library at 9.45am
#Throwback
Collingwood Town Hall c. 1906
Image courtesy of State Library Victoria.
FITZ RITZ!
Fitzroy Learning Network, Yarra Libraries
and the Ewing Trust present: FITZ RITZ!
Fitz Ritz will turn the Fitzroy Town Hall
Ballroom into a Party Palace. Last year’s sell
out crowd saw a line-up including Rolling
Blackouts Coastal Fever, Total Giovanni,
Harmony and Face Face. With a fresh line-up
of local musicians, it’s sure to rock!! R
check http://www.fln.org.au/ for ticket information.
Sponsored by Triple R, with all proceeds going to support
the work of the Fitzroy Learning Network.
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN
YOU’RE EXPECTING A BOOK
What can you expect when your first book
is published? Should you have a glamorous
launch party? Will you be invited to speak
at writer’s festivals or events? How many
copies will you sell? Can you plan to give up
your day job? Best-selling author Annabel
Smith answers these questions and more in
a candid talk based on 20 years experience
in the writing industry. R

Saturday 18 January • 7pm-late Wednesday 22 January • 6.30pm-7.30pm

Fitzroy Town Hall Fitzroy Library

DNA TESTING AND PRESERVING YOUR

FAMILY HISTORY
DNA testing has become
a more affordable and
increasingly popular way
for people to explore their
family history. Craig Smith
is an enthusiast who has
successfully used DNA to
identify long-lost relatives
and new-found cousins.
Learn what can be revealed
by a DNA test and how
it can assist with your
genealogy research. R
Wednesday 12 February
6.30pm-8pm
Fitzroy Library
8 HISTORY & RESEARCH
MEMORIES
Do you have old photos,
letters, small drawings and/
or documents that you’re
worried about preserving
safely long term? Come to
our presentation on the
different methods you
can use to preserve these
precious memories. R
Tuesday 18 February
10.30am-12pm
Fitzroy Library
Tuesday 17 March
10.30am-12pm
Collingwood Library
Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au
HISTORY MATTERS
Need help with your family
or local history research?
Book a one-on-one 30
minute session. When
booking please let us know
what your research needs
are. R
Mondays, 10am-11am
Fitzroy Library
LEE KOFMAN:
IMPERFECT: How our bodies shape
the people we become
In recognition of International Women’s Day
2020, Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust
welcome Lee Kofman, author of the new book
Imperfect: How our bodies shape the people we
become. The book explores body image, how
our appearance can impact our lives and what
we can do about it. A mixture of memoir and
decade-long research, Imperfect has been met
with critical acclaim. R
Tuesday 3 March • 6.30pm-7.30pm
Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room
BRIDGES TO HARMONY
In recognition of Harmony Day 2020, the
Bridges to Harmony Festival is a much-loved
event in the Fitzroy Calender. Join us at
Condell Street Reserve for a celebration of
Fitzroy’s vibrant multi-cultural heritage and
history, promoting social inclusion, human
rights and sharing across cultures. Fun for
the whole family!
Presented in partnership Fitzroy Learning Network, Yarra
Youth Services, Fitzroy Legal Service, Fitzroy Residents
Association and Cultivating Communities.
Friday 20 March • 3.30pm-7.30pm
Condell Street Reserve
THE EWING TRUST 9
 Staff
Picks
Read one of
David’s
favourites!
From left to right: On Earth We’re Briefly Georgeous Ocean Vuong,
Fleishman is in Trouble Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Tell Me Why Archie Roach,
and Damascus Chris Tsiolkas (all brand-new Red Hot Reads).
Join us for a monthly
creative writing
workshop to learn
skills and techniques to
improve your writing.
Engage in creative
challenges, workshop
your pieces and become
the writer you’ve
always wanted to be. R
Thurs 27 February &
Thursday 26 March
6pm-8pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
THE WRITE-IN Fitzroy
Creative writing workshop Fitzroy edition: Please bring
along 12 copies of 1500 words of a writing project for group
workshopping. Ideally 12 point, double spaced. Workshops
lead by Nicole Smith, the Fitzroy-based author of Sideshow. R
Tuesday 11 February & Tuesday 10 March • 6pm-8pm
Florence Peel Centre
Sam.Boivin@yarracity.vic.gov.au
10 WRITING & LITERATURE Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au
Want to join a book club
but don’t always have the
time? Want to try a new
author without making
a big commitment? This
is the club for you! Each
month we will choose one
short story we love to
share and discuss. Please
check online for each
month’s story. R
Thursdays 13 Feb & 12 Mar
11am-12pm
Carlton Library
Wednesdays 19 Feb & 18 Mar
6pm-7pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
THE EWING TRUST
WRITERS PRIZE
Are you an aspiring writer?
The Ewing Trust Writers’
Prize is a new prize for
short-form fiction or
non-fiction writing. The
prize will be open to all
unpublished writers with
a connection to Fitzroy
through living, working
or learning, and will be
awarded at the 2020
Fitzroy Writers’ Festival.
For more details please email
R = Registrations essential
NEAL DRINNAN
& BOB PERRY: The Devil’s Grip JASON CHONGUE: Green
G
The Devil’s Grip
TR Come along to hear Jason Chongue discuss
N is a compelling Victorian
true-crime set against a rural backdrop Green, his beautiful new book that explains
US
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of homophobia and shame. Author Neal and simplifies how to curate and look after
T
Drinnan and subject of the book Bob Perry plants in small urban spaces. In Green Jason
share the story and the journey of finally provides a practical and personal guide
telling it in this intimate in conversation. R to creating urban gardens, helping you to
transform your indoor and outdoor spaces
Saturday 11 January into a lush, healthy oasis in no time. R
10.45am-12.15pm
Collingwood Library Wednesday 26 February • 6.30pm-7.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
THE
EWING TRUST
WRITERS PRIZE
HEIDI SZE: TYSON YUNKAPORTA:
Nurturing Your New life Sandtalk: How Indigenous Thinking
Join Heidi Sze, writer of the blog Apples can Save the World
Under My Bed, dietician and cook, to discuss Join us after-hours at Carlton Library as
her new book Nurturing Your New Life
over a free, healthy lunch. The book is a
academic Tyson Yunkaporta discusses
his latest book, Sandtalk: How Indigenous
compassionate guide on caring for yourself Thinking can Save the World.
and your little one(s) in the perinatal period, ‘This is a book of cultural and philosophic
with Heidi’s personal motherhood stories intrigue. Read it.’ -Bruce Pascoe. R
and 20 of her favourite, everyday recipes
to nourish you and your family.
Wednesday 18 March • 6.30pm-7.30pm
Lunch provided. Baby friendly. R
Carlton Library
Tuesday 3 March • 12.30pm-1.30pm
Richmond Library
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What’s On at Yarra Libraries
DISCOVER DIGITAL
Bookings essential for all digital events: Online or call 1300 695 427
Digital Coaching
We can help you with
minor technology issues.
- see Digital Coaching on
Page 15.
PROGRAM AND
FLY A DRONE
Fly, code and learn with
Parrot Minidrones and Swift
Playgrounds! You will learn
how to program and pilot
your Parrot using Swift code
on an iPad. Ages 8+. R
Thursday 23 January
2-3pm & 3-4pm
Richmond Theatrette
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SOCIAL MEDIA
STRATEGY
This course covers the 5 key
steps for building a fantastic
social media strategy. An
overview of how to set
social media goals, measure
success and create authentic
and shareable content
through understanding your
audience properly. Run in
conjunction with Digital
Springboard. R
Friday 17 January
2pm-4pm
Fitzroy Green Room
MAKERS CLUB:
ARDUINO AND
RASPBERRY PI
Are you curious about
experimenting with
Arduino microcontrollers
or Raspberry Pi to create
PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOTS AT HOME electronics or coding
The right profile picture can help make a good impression projects? Drop-in and try
and complete your online footprint, whether on LinkedIn, our beginner equipment! If
Facebook or Tinder. Learn how to photograph and select booking to use an Arduino,
more professional looking headshots at home with simple BYO laptop with the free
tips on backdrops, lighting and framing. We’ll also explore Arduino software installed,
tools and resources to help you put your best foot forward. R or capable of running the
Arduino Create web editor. R
Wednesday 29 January • 6pm-7.30pm • Bargoonga Nganjin
Tuesday 11 February • 4pm-5.30pm • Collingwood Library Saturdays 25 January,
Tuesday 10 March • 6pm-7.30pm • Carlton Library 22 February & 21 March
Tuesday 24 March • 3pm-4.30pm • Fitzroy Library 1.30pm-3.30pm
Carlton Library
Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au R = Registrations essential
PHOTO EDITING:
GIMP and Snapseed
Work on your own
photographic projects
in a supportive, creative
environment. Use free and
open source alternatives
to Photoshop such as GIMP
and Snapseed. Share your
creations with others.
Laptops/iPads can be
provided or BYO device. R
Fridays 31 January,
28 February & 27 March
2pm-4pm
Fitzroy Library
GETTING STARTED
WITH LINKEDIN
Are you looking for work,
or looking to make a
transition to a different
sector? Get tips on using
online professional profile
tools to search for jobs,
gain an understanding of
how to network and start
creating your own profile
using LinkedIn. BYO laptop,
or use one of ours. Basic
understanding of computers
and internet required. R
Monday 3 February
2.30pm-4.30pm
Richmond Library
VIDEO GAME
WORKSHOP
Want to learn to make your
own video game? Bitsy is
a free and accessible game
editor that can be used
in your browser. In this
workshop, we’ll be creating
tiny games, stories and
worlds in Bitsy. Bring along
your laptop, or borrow one
of ours. For ages 12+. R
Wednesday 5 February
2.30pm-4.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
TEENAGE
ENGINEERING:
Synth Workshop
Come and learn some of the
techniques and processes
that musicians Matt
Ridgway and Ben Willis use
in electronic music creation
with Teenage Engineering’s
OP-1, OP-Z and PO-Modular
series synths. Throughout
the afternoon, there will be
opportunities to get hands-
on and try some of these
synths for yourself. R
Saturday 8 February
4pm-6pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
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WRITING FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA
This course will give
participants a general
overview of how to
establish the foundations
for writing compelling
and effective social media
content. In partnership
with InfoXchange. R
Monday 24 February
1pm-3pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
INTERACTIVE
STORYTELLING
WORKSHOP
Want to learn to make your
own text based adventure?
In this workshop, we’ll be
using Twine – a free online
tool – to create captivating
stories. For ages 12+. R
Wednesday 4 March
2.30pm-4.30pm
Collingwood Library
14 DISCOVER DIGITAL
DIY VIDEO GAME
MUSIC
Curious about making a
soundtrack for your indie
video game? Learn how to
create moods and sounds
for different platforms/
mediums using free online
tools. This session is open
to anyone, with or without
musical experience. Bring
your own laptop/iPad, or
borrow one of ours. R
Wednesday 19 February
6pm-7.30pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
Friday 27 March
3.30pm-5pm
Bargoonga Nganjin
3D Modelling:
SculptGL
For beginners
Learn about fabrication
and create a 3D digital
model using SculptGL in
this beginner’s workshop.
Devices provided or bring
your own. R
Friday 6 March
2pm-4pm
Fitzroy Library
Register for events at www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au
RENDERING
COMPLEX Learn new digital Yarra Libraries is partnering with the Australian
Government to deliver Be Connected, a nation-
EMOTIONS:
skills at the Library
wide initiative empowering all Australians to
Art And Technology learn new skills and thrive in a digital world.
Virtual reality, augmented
reality, projection mapping
and interactivity offer new
ways of encountering each
other through art practice.
Technology expands the
possibilities for for empathy
and communication,
allowing us to render
complex emotions in new
ways. Hear from artists
Yandell Walton, Robert NANA ONLINE DIGITAL COACHING
Walton and Eric Jong,
compered by Jacqueline
TECHNOLOGY! COMMUNICATION Need help with iPads,
Felstead. R Knit, chat and learn MADE EASY saving documents or getting
started with social media?
Learn more about the digital Want to communicate online We can help you with minor
Thursday 12 March world while getting on with with friends, family and technology issues and guide
6.30pm-8pm your craft project! Join us colleagues, but don’t know you to useful resources.
Bargoonga Nganjin for fun, informal sessions, the difference between You can book a free session
where we’ll wander around Skype, Messenger, FaceTime, with a suitably qualified
the online world as our and WhatsApp? Learn the library staff member by
interest takes us. BYO craft basics, some hidden tricks, calling us on 1300 695 427
project (and device if you and a demonstration of each or filling out the online form
have one)! R application. BYO device. R via our website. R
Every Wednesday Thursday 20 February By appointment
10.30am-11.30am 3.30pm-4.30pm 30min session
Richmond Library Richmond Library All branches
PROJECTION
MAPPING: VPT8
For beginners
Learn how to adapt a
BE THE STAR OF YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK
projection to a particular Do you love Marvel films? Have a favourite comic book?
space/surface and project Create a digital comic book world where you are the main
video on complex forms character! Work in pairs using an iPad to take photos, apply
with VPT8, a free and open various filters, stickers, text bubbles and arrange your story
source program perfect for in classic comic panel layouts. Once you are finished, you can
beginners. R print a colour copy at the library. Your comic could even be
published on the Yarra Libraries Instagram page! R
Friday 20 March
2pm-3.50pm Monday 30 March • 2.30pm-3pm • Bargoonga Nganjin
Bargoonga Nganjin
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 Sessions for
Pre-Schoolers
Programs supporting early
literacy development.

Babytime
Enjoy songs, rhymes,
rhythm and movement
with your baby in
Join the Game of these interactive half-
Loans and battle it out hour sessions.
against the other City Ages 0-18mths.
of Yarra Houses! Mondays 2pm • Fitzroy Library
Read throughout Tuesdays 2pm • Richmond Library
Wednesdays 2pm • Carlton Library
December and January Thursdays 2pm • Collingwood Library
KIDS CREATIVE CLUB LEGO MASTERS for your chance to win Fridays 2pm • Bargoonga Nganjin
great prizes!
Make, build, play, explore and have a good Come build and play with Lego! There will
time. For all kids aged 5+. be weekly themes and challenges to try Keep an eye out for our school
Rhymetime
out, then display your masterpieces in the holiday program featuring Game Designed for toddlers,
Mondays • 4pm-5pm • Carlton Library library for all to see. For master builders of Loans and lots of fun activities these half-hour
Tuesdays • 4pm-5pm • Collingwood Library aged 5+. over the long summer break. sessions use stories,
Wednesdays • 4pm-5pm • Richmond Library Visit www.yarralibraries.vic.gov.au rhymes, fingerplays,
Thursdays • 4pm-5pm • Bargoonga Nganjin Mondays • 4pm-5pm Fitzroy Library for more information songs and instruments
Fridays • 4pm-5pm • Fitzroy Library Mondays • 4pm-5pm Collingwood Library to develop language
(Monday 3 February-27 March) (Monday 3 February-23 March) and literacy skills.
Ages 18mths-2yrs.

Mondays 10am • Bargoonga Nganjin

Tuesdays 10am • Carlton & Collingwood
Wednesdays 10am • Fitzroy & Richmond
Thursdays 10am • Carlton Library
Fridays 10am • Bargoonga Nganjin

TUESDAY TECH CLUB CODE CLUB wide range of stories,
Join us for an after-school Tech Club where
you can have fun with different creative
technologies such as robotics, electronics
and more! For ages 7+. R
A booking is required for each individual session
that you would like to attend.
Tuesdays • 4pm-5pm Bargoonga Nganjin
Tuesdays • 4pm-5pm Richmond Library
(Tuesday 4 February-24 March)
Pre-School
Storytime
Pre-school children
are introduced to a
books, songs and
Learn how to code in this term-based activities, developing
after-school program for children aged 8-12 language, social and
years. It is only necessary to make a booking motor skills.
to attend the first of the weekly sessions. R Ages 2-5yrs.
If you BYO device, please ensure the device is
capable of running the web browser version of the Mondays 11am • Fitzroy Library
Scratch application Tuesdays 11am • Carlton Library
Wednesdays 11am • Bargoonga Nganjin
Thursdays 30 Jan–19 Mar 4pm-5pm Thursdays 11am • Richmond Library
Carlton Library Fridays 11am • Collingwood Library

*Sessions run during term excluding pubic holidays

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