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Providing innovative library services to the Port Macquarie-Hastings area. Branches in Port Macquarie, Wauchope and Laurieton.

Welcome to the Port Macquarie-Hastings Libraries official page. Here you will find the most recent updates, videos and photos for each of our branches in Port Macquarie, Laurieton and Wauchope. For more information on all of our services, including our library catalogue please visit our library website - http://www.mnclibrary.org.au

30/10/2026

📚 eLibrary service update🎧

From 30th November 2026, Hoopla will no longer be available through the Mid North Coast Library Service.

Until then, you can continue enjoying all available content through your Hoopla account.

Looking for your next read, listen or watch? There's still plenty to discover through our free eLibrary services, including:
📚 Libby and BorrowBox for e-books, audiobooks and magazines
🎧 Indyreads for e-books and audiobooks
🎬 Kanopy for films, documentaries and educational content

For more info, visit the e-library section of our website.

If you need help getting started with any of these platforms, our team is here to help. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

We understand that some users may be disappointed by this change and apologise for any inconvenience. We thank you for your continued support of the Mid North Coast Cooperative Library Service and look forward to helping you discover and enjoy our other digital resources.

27/10/2026

A reminder that our libraries and customer service centres will be closed tomorrow, Thursday 29th of October, for staff development and training.

Library members can still access our digital services 24/7, including eBooks, e-magazines and streaming content.

Our libraries and customer service centres will reopen as normal on Friday 30 October.

Thank you for your understanding, we look forward to seeing you on Friday.

27/10/2026

We hope you've enjoyed our Dyslexia Awareness Month events at the library!
We have been wearing red all month to celebrate the strengths, creativity, and achievements of dyslexic individuals. It suits us, don't you think?

We've enjoyed the company of Red the Koala this month to help us celebrate. There's still some October left, so you've got time to say hi to Red before they head home again. See you soon!

26/10/2026

We invite you to dress up in your favourite Halloween costume for Storytime this week as we sing spooky stories and read spooky bOoOOOks!

🎃 10AM Tuesday at Laurieton
👻 10AM Tuesday and Wednesday at Port Macquarie
🕸️ Unfortunately there is no Storytime at Wauchope this week.

22/10/2026

We are excited to host author Maura Luxford at Wauchope Library on Monday the 2nd of November for a discussion of her latest memoir, One White Post at a Time.

Following the death of her eldest daughter, Hannah, aged 20, from melanoma, Maura founded the social enterprise ride4acure. Over the next five years, she undertook three extraordinary long-distance treks by bicycle and horses, raising awareness across five Australian states. Along the way, she shared Hannah’s story with more than 25,000 young people in rural and remote communities, raising over $150,000 for the Hannah Rose Melanoma Research Fund. Those journeys, and the extraordinary people she met along the way, became the inspiration for her memoirs.

Make sure to book in at the library website for your opportunity to join us for this illuminating discussion.

21/10/2026

Our Libraries and Customer Service Centres will be closed on Thursday 29 October 2026 to come together for a staff development day.

Bringing our people together helps us build stronger connections, share knowledge and improve how we work together, so we can continue to provide great service and experiences for our community.

Library members can still access our digital services 24/7, including eBooks, e-magazines and streaming content.

Our libraries and customer service centres will reopen as normal on Friday 30 October.

Thanks for your understanding while we take a day to invest in our people and the services we provide.

19/10/2026

It's always fun to get in the spooky spirit and they've got it in spades at Wauchope!

Come by Wauchope Library and grab yourself a good boOooOk! 📚While you're here, see if you can find the 5 reading ghosts hiding in the library 👻👻👻👻👻

19/10/2026

Our second event for Dyslexia Awareness Month will be this Friday at the Port Macquarie Library.

Parents, teachers, tutors, carers and allied health professionals are invited to attend this FREE session to learn more about supporting young people with dyslexia.

We are super excited to have award-winning Jess Manton from Jess Manton Specialist Education Services run this workshop to give you helpful strategies to support your child’s reading and writing skills development at home.

Be sure to book in via our website and we look forward to sharing this session with you!

15/10/2026

Early Bird Early Literacy is back on Monday!

For parents and their babies aged 12 months and under, we have a special two week program designed to give parents an opportunity to share and experience the love of reading with their baby with stories, rhymes, song and music to help their baby develop early literacy skills.

Part one of the two sessions is this Monday, October 19th at 10am with part two following the next Monday. Make sure to book via our website!

15/10/2026

🍏 Pick yourself a quick pick! 🍎

A fresh season of Quick Picks are ripe and ready!

Available at all branches, we've got 7 day loans on hit titles including mysteries, thrillers, historical, and contemporary fiction. If you need a longer loan period, you can join the reservation list for other copies of these titles, otherwise now is a great time to get reading!

Which will you be reading first?

Address

Grant Street
Port Macquarie, NSW
2444

Telephone

+61265818755

Website

http://mnclibrary.org.au/, https://mnclibrary.org.au/about-us/e-newsletter/

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