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January 2024
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Manning Laneway Festival returns for 2024

Event 19 January 2024

Get ready for a day filled with local food, music, activities and unique stalls from our very own local businesses and community groups.

Manning Community Hub

Children's Literature Champions 2024

3 January 2024

Meet this year's Children's Literature Champions - Tamara Moss and Norman Jorgensen.

December 2023
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Can you lend a hand at our libraries?

4 December 2023

Can you help? Volunteers are needed to help run programs at our libraries.

November 2023
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Libby Book Club for WA - December 2023

Event 28 November 2023

The Libby Book Club for WA is a monthly digital book club available exclusively to Western Australian library members hosted by local author David Allan-Petale.

Libraries
October 2023

Disruption of library services from 30 October to 13 November

Library 13 October 2023

The City of South Perth library catalogue will have limited functionality from Monday 30 October to Wednesday 8 November 2023 as we migrate to a new Library Management System.

Libraries

Get Online Week 2023

Library 12 October 2023

Get Online Week is running from 16-22 October 2023.

Libraries

Exciting changes to Kanopy credits

Library 6 October 2023

New Kanopy ticket system to allow for better access to video streaming for library members.

September 2023

Young writers’ creativity celebrated

Media Release 18 September 2023

Winners of the City’s 37th annual South Perth Young Writers Award (SPYWA) were announced at a presentation evening on Thursday 14 September 2023 at South Perth Community Hall.

Libraries SPYWA

Scribblers Festival Golden Feather Hunt now on

12 September 2023

As part of the annual Scribblers Festival, there are feathers to find and great prizes to win at South Perth and Manning libraries.

August 2023

New disposal units make battery recycling safer

News Update 23 August 2023

New purpose-built battery disposal units at the Recycling Centre in Como and at our libraries in South Perth and Manning are making it even safer for the community to recycle their used batteries.