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The VineIn this edition
October 2021
  • Local History Newsletter
  • The Life & Times of Edith Cowan
  • A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself with Brigid Lowry
  • Library Junior Events
  • Library Adult Events
September 2021
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Adult Learners Week 2021
  • Becoming a 'Mumpreneur'
  • Library Adult Events
August 2021
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Special Offer from Borrowbox
  • Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week 2021
  • Library Adult Events
July 2021
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Tech Help & NBN Digital Literacy Sessions
  • Local History Awards 2021
  • Library Adult Events
June 2021
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Local History Awards
  • Library Forums
  • Loftus Centre Parking Changes
  • Library Adult events
May 2021
  • Books on Wheels
  • Library Forums
  • Local History Newsletter
  • National Simultaneous Storytime
  • Library Adult events
April 2021
  • Books on Wheels
  • Library Forums
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Easter Holiday closure
  • Library Adult and School Holiday events
March 2021
  • Better Beginnings reading pack.
  • Local History Newsletter
  • eMagazines are moving to Libby
  • Library Adult events
February 2021
  • Library Lovers' Day
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Library Adult events
January 2021
  • Christmas & New Year closure
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Library School Holiday events
  • Library Adult events
December 2020
  • Christmas & New Year closure
  • Baby Rhymetime and Storytime booking
  • Library events
November 2020
  • Concurrent use audio titles on Overdrive/Libby
  • NAIDOC Week 2020
  • Baby Rhymetime and Storytime booking
  • Library events
October 2020
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Baby Rhymetime and Storytime booking
  • Digital graphic novels now available for loan
  • Library events
September 2020
  • Have your say on digital inclusion in WA
  • Baby Rhymetime and Storytime booking
  • National eSmart Week
  • Online nbn Network Information Sessions
  • Local History Awards 2020
August 2020
  • Cocktails with Kathy Lette
  • Library opening hours
  • Baby Rhymetime & Storytime
  • Bilingual board books
  • Junior Library: New Books!
  • Western Australian Young Readers' Book Award 2020
July 2020
  • Library opening hours
  • School Holiday craft activities: Paper planes & Paper puppets
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Local History Centre: Can you help with photos of the Golden Age Polio Rehabilitation Centre?
  • NBN webinars
  • West Australian Young Readers' Book Award 2020
  • ClimateClever: limited subscriptions for Vincent residents
  • Junior Library: New Books
June 2020
  • Library open for borrowing only
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Virtual Vincent Library
  • NBN webinars
  • Contact the Local History Centre
May 2020
  • Library and Local History Centre closed
  • Changes to Library Services FAQs
  • Stay at home book bag
  • Ebooks, eaudio & emagazines
  • Local History Newsletter
April 2020
  • Library and Local History Centre closed
  • Changes to Library Services FAQs
  • Can you help? Kyilla Primary 75th Anniversary in 2020
  • Local History Centre: Cowle Street Portraits
  • Music in Vincent
  • Photos from our suburbs
  • Celebrating Vincent Seniors: Janet McCallum
March 2020
  • Library Event: That was my home with Denise Cook
  • NBN Information Session
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Local History Event: Finding Family with Wendy Brown
February 2020
  • Library Lovers' Day
  • Local History Workshop : Who's been sleeping in your house?
  • Literary Speed Dating
  • NBN Information Session
January 2020
  • Local History Collection - 20 year anniversary
  • School Holiday Storytime Craft Sessions
  • School Holiday Event: Paper Luminaries
  • School Holiday Show: Western Australian Birds of Prey Show
  • NBN Information Session
December 2019
  • Local History Award Winners
  • Summer Holiday Christmas Show
  • Christmas Library Closure
  • Putting your reservations on hold while you're away
  • North Perth Heritage Walk
  • NBN Information Sessions
November 2019
  • Library Event: WA Seniors Week with Barry Strickland
  • Modern Cloth Nappy Workshop
  • WA Bike Month
  • NBN Information Sessions
  • Computers for Seniors
  • Local History Event: Heritage & Character in Vincent
October 2019
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Library Event: Reclaming the Urban Commons
  • NBN Informations Sessions
  • Computers for Seniors: Social media
  • School Holiday Event: Uthando Doll Project
September 2019
  • National eSmart Week
  • Library Event: All About Podcasts
  • Easier Walking and Bicycling Access
  • NBN Information Sessions
  • Computers for Seniors: Photos and More
  • Local History Event: DNA & Family History Research
August 2019
  • Children's Book Week
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Local History Event: Electric Transport in Vincent
  • Library Event: Writing Workshop: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Procrastination
  • Children's Book Week 2019 - Book Prize Draw
  • Local History Awards 2019
  • Checking your Loans and Holds
July 2019
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Local History Awards 2019
  • Can you help?
  • Library Event: Naidoc Week: Voice, Treaty, Truth
  • Community Consultation: Women's Voices
  • Local History Event: Writing your stories of life in Vincent
  • School Holiday Photographic Workshop
  • Library Event: Cloth Nappy Workshop
  • Computers for Seniors: Scams
  • School Holiday Activity: Sand Creations
  • NBN Presentation and Drop-In Sessions
June 2019
  • Local History Event: Being a refugee is not a choice
  • Local History Event: Researching the history of your house
  • Event: Decluttering
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Computers for Seniors
  • Artist mentoring workshops for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth
  • Local History Awards 2019
  • Public Holiday Closure
May 2019
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Junior Library: National Simultaneous Storytime
  • Local History Event: Buoyant: A history of swimming in Western Australia
  • Event: Decluttering
  • Local History Awards 2019
  • North Perth Heritage Walk 
  • Computers for Seniors: Online Shopping
  • Local History Display: Life after war
April 2019
  • Event: Writing Workshop
  • Local History Event: Consuming ANZAC
  • Easter colouring in competition
  • Joining the library online
  • Public holiday hours
March 2019
  • Event: Close the Gap Day
  • Local History Event: Writing your stories of life in Vincent
  • Public Holiday Closure
  • Local History Event venue change
  • Local History Newsletter
February 2019
  • Event: The Children's House with Alice Nelson
  • Local History Event : Researching the history of your house
  • Local History Event : Arts in Vincent 2
  • New music suggestions
  • Event: Close the Gap Day
  • Local History Newsletter
January 2019
  • Event: The Children's House with Alice Nelson
  • Local History Centre: Summer in Vincent Display
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Library & Local History Centre Public Holiday Closures
  • New Library Catalogue
  • Junior Library: Baby Rhyme Time & Storytime
  • Perth Writers Week Information Session
December 2018
  • Christmas Show - Agelink Theatre
  • New Library Management System
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Lions Christmas Cakes and Puddings
  • Christmas Opening Hours
  • Perth Writers Week Information Session
  • Baby Rhyme Time and Storytime
  • eSmart Cybersafety Tip of the Month
November 2018
  • Event: WA Seniors Week 2018 with Ivan King
  • My Health Record Information Session
  • Local History Event: Chinese Market Gardeners in Vincent
  • Green Waste Collection Bags
  • Library Closed for Upgrade
October 2018
  • Event: Cutting Kitchen Waste
  • Local History Event: Family Search Part 2
  • New Library System
  • eSmart Cybersafety Tip of the Month
September 2018
  • Event: Top Ten Apps to Change Your Life
  • Local History Event: An Introduction to Family History
  • National eSmart Week
  • Computers for Seniors
  • School Holiday Activities
August 2018
  • Event: Cyber Security Information Session
  • Overdrive Libby App
  • Local History Newsletter
  • eSmart Cybersafety Tip of the Month
  • Computers for Seniors: August to December Schedule
July 2018
  • Local History Newsletter
  • Local History Centre Event: Researching the Western Front dead from WA with Shannon Lovelady
  • eSmart Cybersafety Tip of the Month
  • 2018 Local History Awards
  • School Holiday Events
  • Shortlist announced for Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
June 2018
  • Event: Dustfall with Michelle Johnston
  • Local History Centre Event: Tracing your family history on Social Media with Melinda Tognini
  • Junior Library: WAYRBA 2018
  • 2018 Local History Awards
  • eSmart Cybersafety Tip of the Month
  • New music
  • Writers' group
  • Booking library computers