Welcome to a Public “Living Libraries” Event

All those affected by cancer are invited to attend and are encouraged to bring loves ones to “Living Libraries” at the event with the topic on cancer under the slogan “COPING WITH CANCER” 

At the Event we will have four prominent speakers who are going to approach the audience with issues and solutions in coping with cancer

1.             Professor Lisa Horvath (from Cancer Council NSW)

2.             Holly Masters (from McGrath Foundation)

3.             Norman Allan (from an Indigenous, Australian group)

4.             Carrie Bickmore (as an individual who has a family life experience in living with the cancer and fighting the cancer.) 

Information about the event

•          day and time: Monday, 06. May 2019 at 19:00 -pm to 20:30 pm

•          location/ venue: Pearl Cove Library - inside the library

•          booking info: booking is not required.

•          All those affected by cancer are invited to attend and are encouraged to bring loves ones    to “Living Libraries” at the event with the topic on cancer under the slogan “COPING WITH CANCER” 

Image is from:

https://njacoha.com/coping-with-cancer/ 

•          For additional information about the subject relating to the event please go to the following link below:

https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/living-cancer

•          Student: IVAN KNEZOVIC

Welcome to a Public Event.....

SURVING 

THE 

MONEY 

JOURNEY

About the Event

This event will have four guest speakers from all different financial situations. With each speaker's journey of their own experience and difficulties they endured, this event can educate, be relatable and give some handy tips for your own life and money challenges. With experienced Human Libraries available, book yourself in for a 10-15min session and fuel your curious mind and get your questions answered.

Event Details

Where: Pearl Cove Library, Pearl Room

Date: Friday, 8th March 2019

Time: 12.00 - 2.30pm

Entry Fee: Free, booking required at Circulation Desk or just come along.

Light Refreshments available

For more information, contact: 

Pearl Cove Library 9123 4567

Email: pearlcovelibrary@council.com.au

Organiser: Penny Lisle

Images: Creative Commons-Google Images

Pulling into the Transtaion! (All aboard!)

About the event:
Pearl cove library is holding a Living Library event all about trans people! come and learn more about this subject by "borrowing" some of our lovely "books" and have an enlightening conversation in a safe, caring and friendly environment!


Event details:
Where - pearl cove library
Date - Saturday, march 16
Time - 12:30 - 5:30
Cost - Free
Booking - book through Eventbrite using the term "Transtation" before February 23 to get your place!


Further information:
For more info on Living Libraries visit Human Living Library Australia at: humanlibraryaus.org
And for more info on trans people visit Transequality at: transequality.org

Image credits:
Videoblocks, Transgender pride flag closeup thumbnail, fckncg


Posted by Rachel Roth (James Rigney)

Share a Cuppa: Aussie Mental Health Morning Tea

"One in five Australians are affected by mental illness, yet many don't seek help because of stigma." - Mental Health Australia

World Mental Health Day is around the corner and Pearl Cove is a huge supporter of raising awareness to this cause. We also want you to be part of it so Pearl Cove Library is inviting you to morning tea with our four special guests - Human Living Libraries. Grasp onto this opportunity by becoming a 'reader' and engaging in conversations with our 'books' to discover their unbelievable journey of their battles with mental health.

While engaging in your 'books', enjoy some of our Aussie themed morning tea selections such as lamingtons, cheesymite scrolls and Anzac biscuits.

Make your promise today in helping to raise awareness and promote better mental health in our community.

Date: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Time: 10.10am to 12.30pm
Location: Pearl Room, Pearl Cove Library
Cost: Free

Bookings essential. Book online through EventBrite here.

Contact Information:

Event Librarian: Willow Braye
Phone: 9905 9541
Email: willow.braye@pearlcove.nsw.gov.au

For more information on Mental Health Day visit 10/10 World Mental Health Day

For more information on Human Living Libraries visit The Human Library

Image credit:

Speaker TV

By Grace Yoo

Weekend Morning Interaction with our Books: Is Our Planet Suffering Sickness?

Saturday, 12 January 2019

Stay Alive Pearl Cove!

https://www.postermywall.com/

 

Time: 12pm - 3pm

 

Date: Saturday 15th of September 2018

 

Location: Pearl Cove library Courtyard

 

Entry: $3 donation for Entry.

 

Catering: This event will have a free sausage sizzle and drink for attendees. The library café will be open for all other needs but will require normal payment as per usual for its beverages and foods.    

 

 

Come show us your support for World Suicide Prevention Day and borrow from our human library. What is a human library you may ask? Well for an amount of time you can borrow a person and get to know their story, ask questions and expand your knowledge from a different point of view. For this event you will get to talk to suicide survivors or family's that have lost a loved one to suicide. The day is to show inclusion and openly talk about the dark side of mental health and how we can help people with depression or anxiety by simply saying, "Hey, I'm here for you".

 

For the day we will have a free Sausage Sizzle and Drinks so you can relax and enjoy your time whilst making new friends and expanding your knowledge.

More Information
 

For more information about World Suicide Prevention Day and topic related sites and organisations please click the following titles below for more information. 

 

World Suicide Prevention Day

Human Libraries

Beyond Blue 

Head Space

 

Contact Information

Event organiser Phoebe Johnston
Mobile: 0405 840 761
Email: Phoebe-jane.johnston2@hotmail.com

Pearl Cove Library
Phone: 02 9193 0341
Email: PearlcoveLibrary@Outlook.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Secret Life of Food: Traditions in Nutrition

Pearl Cove Library
Pearl Room
April 4
6 to 8 pm
 
Free, bookings essential
Book here through eventbrite

How nutrition shapes our cultural culinary customs

What is teff? Do fingerlimes grow on trees? Come to our Human Living Libraries event to learn about cuisines of the world and have a taste of munch-able multiculturalism.

Human Living Libraries is the concept of placing people in the capacity of resource, just like a book and offers living, and lived, personal experiences from individuals to convey knowledge. Everyone has stories to tell. Come and learn about foods from around the world, from the people who cook them!

 

 

https://www.pexels.com/photo/egg-avocado-cooking-tomato-106877/

Books to check out:
A History of Food 2nd Edition
Food in History

Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present 

Online
Food in History on Wikipedia


 

Shake it up Pearl Cove (for Parkinson)

Tipping point of Parkinson’s Disease by Mariano Cuajao, available under creative commons attributions, non-commercial and no-derivs licence at

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacificcove/15811787693/in/photolist-q6exBc 

Pearl Cove Library is celebrating carers national week with an human living book event. Human living library is a library event where books are real people, they can loan to readers in certain amount of time inside the venue. The books often are volunteers from wise variety of backgrounds and they are generously offering to share their stories or experiences in the roles of caring or interact with people have Parkinson diseases.

The event aims to educate and raise awareness about carers and their caring roles for people with Parkinson diseases. It also help to make community connection, future development, identify gaps in skills and resource for anyone interested in the area.

Event information:

Date:16 October 2019

Time:10am-12 pm

Venue: Pearl room, located adjacent to the Pearl Cove Library

 (near the main library access point)

Cost: Free, light refreshment will be served.

Booking essential via :

Eventbrite.com

Phone:

Email: 

References:

image credited to: Mariano Cuajao 

National Carersweek 2018: Carers NSW Australia. Retrieved  August 20,2018 

Parkinson’s disease:  Guide to caregiving. Retrieved August 27, 2018 from: 

What is human library: Human library. Retrieved August 15, 2018

The Proud Crowd - A Celebration of Transgender People

About the Event: 

Come celebrate the International Day of Trans Visibility at Pearl Cove Library for our Human Library event! Become a 'Reader' and listen to our 'Books' as they share their experiences of being transgender, having a transgender child, or having a transgender parent. 

Our event aims to facilitate discussion about the issues facing transgender people by encouraging an open conversation between 'Books' and 'Readers', so come along and ask any questions you might have while enjoying a free lunch!  

Event details:

When:  Saturday, 30th March 2019

Time: 10am - 12.30pm, followed by a light lunch

Where: Library Courtyard, Pearl Cove Library

Cost: Free!

Bookings: Please book via Eventbrite by 15 March to ensure you don't miss out! 

Meet some of our Books!

Jordan Raskopoulos

Jordan is a comedian, actor, singer and activist and is best known as the lead singer of 'Axis of Awesome', a comedy rock group. Jordan publicly came out as a transgender woman in 2016 and has since toured around Australia advocating for transgender rights.

Nevo Zisin

Nevo is an author and transgender rights activist who came out as a transgender man in high school. Nevo now identifies as non-binary and wrote their first book 'Finding Nevo: How I Confused Everyone' in 2017 about their complex relationship with gender.

Further Information:

For more info about Human Libraries visit Human Library Australia

For more info about transgender awareness in Australia visit The Gender Centre or GLADD

Image credits: 

Unsplash

Star Observer

Star Observer

Posted by Emma Howe 

Embrace the Young at Heart



image credit: www.recoveryranch.com

Immerse yourself in Human Living Book check out our "Living Books" and embrace the Young at Heart! Human Living Libraries facilitate one to one conversations with living books and the public.

What is the Human Living Library? 
The Human Living Library is designed to provide a positive environment that can challenge stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue and interaction.

Five Living books will be available to borrow for 25 minutes. Each has a very different story to tell.  This is an amazing opportunity to learn about great people in our community such as:

Aunty Barbara - Aboriginal Elder of the stolen generation

Joe - Post WWII immigrant from Malta

Paddy - Vietnam veteran

Kathy - Carer of mum with Dementia

Sara - Lebanese Muslim grandma

Date: Saturday, 16^th February 2019

Time: 9.30am to 2.30pm

Cost: Free

Venue: Pearl Cove Library

Phone:  9606 5396

The event will have free catering including finger food, dips, pita bread, cakes, pastries, soft drinks and tea/coffee.

Bookings are essential as places are limited. 

Please make your reservations by 9^th February 2019 on https://www.eventbrite.com

Nb. Emotion content involved.

The event is in collaboration with Seniors’ Festival 2019  www.//seniorsfestival.nsw.gov.au

We want to honour our seniors and celebrate their contribution.

Posted by Lawrence Scerri

DEADLY READS

Indigenous Literacy Day 

Indigenous Literacy Day is a national celebration of Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy. https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/


Come and support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation by donating a book for remote Indigenous communities and in exchange you can borrow a "human book" for 30 minutes. Bookings can be made at pearlcovelibrary/humanlibraries.com or by registering on the day.

The Human Living Library is a concept where book lovers of all ages can borrow a book (person) for a set amount of time and through conversation learn about that person's experiences. http://humanlibrary.org/

Human Books will include:

Anita Heiss Indigenous author and Indigenous Literacy Foundation ambassador https://www.anitaheiss.com/

Aboriginal Elder 
Aboriginal Traditional Singer
Aboriginal Painter/Artist 

Event Information
Indigenous Literacy Day
Where: Pearl Cove Library Pearl Room
Date: Saturday 8th September 2018
Time: 12pm -3pm




Further information contact Michelle Lyons on 9528 3324 or email mlyons@pearlcovelibrary.com.au

Celebrate Pearl Cove's extra-ordinary women

Join us for a special Human Library event at the Pearl Cove Library, in collaboration with International Women's Day 2019 #LiftUp, for a chance to chat to a human "book". Broaden your knowledge and challenge your perspectives. The "books" are familiar members of the community however their experiences make them extraordinary. Celebrate women and diversity with us!

Important Information
 

Saturday 9th March 2019

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Pearl Room, Pearl Cove Library

 

Bookings free but essential 
 

Reserve by 2nd March here.

Click through to find out more about our "books" and more information on the Human Library concept and the ever-growing International Women's Day.


Contact us
Phone: 91234567
Email: pearlcove@library.com.au

Image credit

By Nicole Luo

Everyone belongs – celebrating Harmony Day

  Friday 22 March 2019, 10am - 6pm

Pearl Room, Pearl Cove Library

Pearl Cove Library is celebrating Harmony Day with a Human Living Library event.  In this event, you will be able to borrow people to hear their stories and better understand human diversity and difference.

This is a free event and all are welcome so why not join in!

Bookings:
Bookings are essential.
Email your bookings at tom.lee@pcpl.nsw.gov.au

For event enquiries, please contact:
Tom Lee
Pearl Cove Library
9748 9992
tom.lee@pcpl.nsw.gov.au

More information: 
For information about Human Living Library visit: www.humanlibrary.org
For information about Harmony Day visit: www.harmony.gov.au

Image Credit:

www.pixabay.com

Homeless but still Human

 

 Homeless but still Human

 

                      About the event:  Homelessness is increasing in Australia. Come
                    to the 'Homeless but still Human' event at Pearl Cove Library and
                    meet some 'Living Library books'. They are people affected by            
                    homelessness, who will chat with you about their experienced, how
                    they became homeless, and what helped, or didn't, on their journey
                          

                          Event details:  
                          Time:           10.00am - 4.00pm 
                          Day:             Thursday, 8 August 2019
                          Place:           Pearl Room, Pearl Cove Public Library                                    
                                              106 Jellico Road, Pearl Cove  NSW  2019
                          Cost:            Free event

                          Bookings: 
                          Bookings are essential, but everyone is very welcome.
                          Contact Eventbrite please, by 1 August 2019       
                         

                     More information: 
                     Human Living Library visit human library organisation                          
                     Homelessness in Australia visit council to homeless persons  
                     For more information about this event contact us
                     Phone: 9977 6842  Email: eva@pcpl.nsw.gov.au   
                  
Image https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/the-lonely-homeless-man-12190/
Posted by Bronwyn Campbell

"Don't judge a book by its cover..."

HARMONY DAY FEST

On the 21^st March every year Australia commemorates Harmony day, a time where we celebrate our cultural diversity through inclusion and respect. The ongoing theme of Harmony day is ‘Everyone belongs’, and at Pearl Cove library we aim to promote and celebrate that message too.

This year, Pearl Cove library will be hosting Harmony Day Fest, featuring our human library: “Don’t judge a book by its cover…”

This is a free event and the community is invited to come along and celebrate together. There will be food, entertainment and a chance to browse and borrow from our 

multicultural-themed human library.

A Human Library (or a Living library) is a library that allows you to borrow and “read” real people. Human books share their story or experiences through engagement and discussion with the “reader” in the hope that it may tackle fear and perceptions, thus breaking down stereotypes or prejudices, and encouraging greater understanding, tolerance or even celebration of diversity in our society.

Our books include a refugee, a Muslim woman, a member of the stolen generation and a holocaust survivor. Due to the nature of the book’s stories, this event is only open to ages 17 years and over.

You are encouraged to wear orange, the official colour of Harmony Day, to show your support for our rich and diverse community. This is a no-alcohol event.   

....So come along and “Browse, Borrow, Break down barriers & Belong”.

EVENT INFORMATION:

Event:       “Don’t judge a book by its cover…”

                 (Harmony Day Fest feat. our human library)

Where:      Pearl Cove Library (courtyard)

When:       Thursday 21^st March 2019

Time:         3-9pm

BOOKINGS:

For more information about our event or to 

reserve a “book” go to 

pearlcovelibrary.com.au/Events

or telephone 02 9568-3589

MORE INFORMATION:

For information about Human libraries visit:

http://humanlibrary.org

For information about Harmony Day visit: 

https://www.harmony.gov.au

Image source: Jindalee State School