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The Longest Book in the World

2025-11-05 11:00:00 2025-11-05 12:00:00 Australia/Melbourne The Longest Book in the World Creatives of all ages are invited to join local artist Fern Smith to help create the longest book in the world. Waurn Ponds Library - Meeting Room

Wednesday, November 05
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-05 11:00:00 2025-11-05 12:00:00 Australia/Melbourne The Longest Book in the World Creatives of all ages are invited to join local artist Fern Smith to help create the longest book in the world. Waurn Ponds Library - Meeting Room

Waurn Ponds Library

Meeting Room

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.

AGE GROUP: | Children | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Make & Create |

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Waurn Ponds Library

Phone: (03) 4201 0670

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Waurn Ponds Library

Mon, Oct 06 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Oct 07 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Wed, Oct 08 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Thu, Oct 09 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Fri, Oct 10 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Oct 11 9:00AM to 1:00PM
Sun, Oct 12 2:00PM to 5:00PM

Tel: (03) 4201 0670

About the Library

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. 

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