Library News
Logan North’s Sci-Fi & Fantasy Month winners
11 September 2011Sci-Fi and Fantasy month is over for another year!
At the end of August we drew the winners of our Colouring-in and Find WALL-E competitions, as well as the lucky draw prize for the month.
These are our very happy winners!
For the Space Colouring-in Competition, Lucille Heath won in the 0-4 years category, Naadirah Seedat in the 5-8 years category, and Zainah Meman in the 9+ category.
For the Find Wall-E Competition, Jelena McCulloch won in the 0-4 years category, Josiah Pfeiffer in the 5-8 years category, and Daniel Robinson in the 9+ category.
The Monthly Prize Draw Winner, who went home with a Harry Potter lunch box signed by Draco Malfoy (as well as an Optimash Prime Mr. Potato Head) was Courtney Hose.
Congratulations to all our winners.
Shorts – One World Many SHORT Stories
11 September 2011To help celebrate Book Week, Logan Libraries held a creative writing competition for 5-17 year olds.
In 100 words or less the entrants shared a short story. The Libraries received over 50 entries and all of the participants received a certificate.
The photos below are of the Hyperdome library entrants.
The Competition prize for children aged 5 to 8 years was an Ipod shuffle; 9 to 12 years was an Ipod Nano; and Teens aged 13 to 17 also won an Ipod Nano.
The winning entries were displayed on the library website during Book Week 20-26 August.
(left to right: winners Keelan Barry, Aisha Barry and Zhane Blaxland)
Poetry Slam 2011
30 August 2011Sharpen your words… Slam is coming to town!
The search is on for the State’s best spoken word poet.
Speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing your original poem to a live audience at the Logan heat of the Australian Poetry Slam. Don’t miss this electric live event where contestants have two minutes at the microphone to impress judges randomly selected from the audience. Before you hit the stage, sharpen your words at a free Slam workshop at Logan Central Library, designed to introduce budding slammers to this unique form of performance poetry, and help you find your voice!
Logan heat
When Sat 17 September, 1 pm (sign up 12.30 pm)
Where Logan Central Library,
26 Wilbur St, Logan Central
FREE for both performers and audience
Pre-slam workshop
When Sat 17 September, 10 am – 12 noon
Where Logan Central Library
FREE Bookings 3412 4663
Heat winners get to slug it out at the State Finals in Brisbane in October, and the Queensland champs will be flown to Sydney to throw down their words as they battle for the National Title.
For full slam workshop & heat details visit Poetry Slam 2011.
The Hobbit Hole
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On display at Logan North Library during Sci-Fi & Fantasy Month
Fortinbras Proudfoot Esq Foundation presents: The Hobbit Hole by Maddie Chambers. |
“Maddie’s Hobbit Hole has found a new home in Australia as part of the newly registered Fortinbras Proudfoot Esq Foundation. The Foundation has been set up to support children’s literacy and Maddie is excited her "labour of love" has found such a worthy home. The foundation will use Maddie’s Hobbit Hole as a central piece in its publicity to create awareness for its fund.” A miniature version of Bilbo Baggin’s house, Bag End, is displayed on a 116cm x 102cm base, covered by a clear perspex top so that both the outside and the interior rooms can be viewed – from the round front door and porthole windows, right down to the Middle-Earth maps and the barrel of pipe-weed inside. |
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Nails and wire make the perfect fence for a vegetable patch. Beads stand in as miniature bottles. Pieces of material have become bathroom towels. Axes hanging on a bedroom wall come courtesy of a Gimli doll. Stones from the garden mark the path leading to the front door. Each room is fully furnished and paintings, portraits, mirrors and clocks adorn the walls. There is even a meal laid out on the kitchen table. |
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Get set for prep
24 August 2011The "Get set for Prep" Expo is being held at Beenleigh Library offering parents and children the opportunity to talk with staff from schools in the local area to find out more about the school, the enrolment process, open days and what children can expect from the Prep year.
The Expo begins on Friday 26 August from 12noon – 4pm and carries over to the Saturday 27 August from 9am – 12.30pm and is held at Beenleigh Library, Crete Street, Beenleigh.
- Free entry
- School displays – student’s work and uniforms
- Talk to teachers
- Free sample bag
- Free entry into the lucky door prize
- Pre student performances
- Free sausage sizzle on Saturday (10am – 12noon)
Schools participating include:
- Beenleigh
- Eagleby
- Eagleby South
- Edens Landings
- Mt Warren Park
- Windaroo
- Cedar Creek
The prep expo is an initiative of the Beenleigh/Eagleby AEDI Response group.