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Creatives of all ages are invited to join local artist Fern Smith to help create the longest book in the world.
The longest book in the world is a multi-disciplinary arts project aimed at producing a concertina book - the longest book in the world. This will be a community made travel book focusing on popular, treasured, and personal landmarks within the boundaries of the City of Greater Geelong to produce the longest book in the world. Geelong aims to beat the last recorded length of a concertina book of 814.26 metres created by Yang Shuanming of in Taiyuan, Shanxi China in 2019 (as recorded in the Guinness Book of records).
All equipment is supplied - just bring yourself.
| Mon, Mar 02 | 9:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Mar 03 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
| Wed, Mar 04 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
| Thu, Mar 05 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
| Fri, Mar 06 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
| Sat, Mar 07 | 9:00AM to 1:00PM |
| Sun, Mar 08 | 2:00PM to 5:00PM |
Waurn Ponds Library is located next to LeisureLink aquatic and fitness centre, over the road from Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre. The modern building features a children’s area on the ground floor with a semi-outdoor reading deck and family room. The first floor offers flexible areas for reading and study, and large non-fiction and young adult collections. Other features include public access PCs, free WiFi, coffee and vending machines, and a meeting room for community hire. Regular Baby, Toddler and Preschool Story Time sessions are held here.
The Geelong Regional Library Corporation acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin nation, and the Gulidjan and Gadubanud Peoples of the Maar nations as the Original Owners of the lands on which our library services operate. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and celebrate First Nations Peoples of this land as the custodians of learning, literacy, knowledge and story.
