Balaklava Community Library

23/09/2026

Are you coming to our Love, Crime & W**e Event next month? Tickets are almost gone!! If you have secured a ticket you can now secure some merch!

If you want merch and don't want to pay shipping please select pickup. It will say you have to pickup from their shop but please ignore that. We will have all the pickups shipped to us ready for the event!

Get yours here:

Love, Crime & W**e

23/09/2026

Please note starting from October 12, 2026 we will be closing daily from 1:00pm to 1:30pm for lunch.

What does this mean? It doesn't matter if it is term time or the holidays our opening hours will remain the same. Full details below.

23/09/2026

Spring Holidays @ Balaklava Community Library!

22/09/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to get in your creations for the show 🎉💕 we would love to show the community all the wonderful pieces we have made in the past 12 months!

Craft Group!! 🎉BALAKLAVA SHOW 🎉

The show is coming up fast!! Can you please bring in any items for display 😁 can drop into the library anytime between now and next Wednesday 💕 I would love to show everyone our amazing skills we have learned over the year ☺️ from Lucy!

Please spread the word for those not on social media 🙏

22/09/2026

Have you seen our Taste of Bowen coming these school holidays for adults? Details and the link are below:

School Holidays isn't all about the kids. These holidays we have something for adults too. A little recharge amongst the chaos - a Taste of Bowen.

Book your spot here. The link will take you to the booking, scroll down and choose your session:

https://www.trybooking.com/DPWXI

22/09/2026

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A friendly reminder for today...

These services will be unavailable during the outage:

- LibrariesSA App
- Online catalogue including searching & placing holds
- Access to some digital content
- Printing (where you are required to log in)

This planned service disruption may affect library opening hours and the ability to borrow items – check with your local library for details.

16/09/2026

Craft Group!! 🎉BALAKLAVA SHOW 🎉

The show is coming up fast!! Can you please bring in any items for display 😁 can drop into the library anytime between now and next Wednesday 💕 I would love to show everyone our amazing skills we have learned over the year ☺️ from Lucy!

Please spread the word for those not on social media 🙏

16/09/2026

Did you know that we have two amazing volunteers that can very easily drop library items straight to your door?! Every second Wednesday 🙌

It doesn't matter if it's short-term due to illness or long term help

16/09/2026

The remainder of our tickets are selling fast. Don't delay get yours today. You don't want to miss our amazing panel with Fiona McIntosh, Jack Heath, Amy Matthews, author and Matt Rogers - Author. It is going to be a fun night!

Click the link to get your tickets:

Balaklava Community is hosting its annual Love, Crime and W**e Author Panel this year featuring authors...TBA