Every year schools and public libraries across Australia dedicate a week to celebrating books. Schools often participate in dress-up theme paying homage to their favourite characters and authors with special mention to Australian authors and illustrators. The theme this year was “Reading is Magic’ and acknowledges the benefits of reading for all age groups.
Book Week encourages and promotes the activity of book reading within communities and is a great way to exchange book reading ideas.
Arcare Aged Care is home to many residents with unique stories to share. Some residents have also penned their own stories as authors and illustrators.
Meet Moira Cocharne, a cherished resident at Arcare Birtinya and a talented children’s book author. She shares with us the story of how she started as an author and where some of her ideas sparked from.
Join us in celebrating her creative spirit and the magic of storytelling as she looks to inspire the next generation of young authors.
The video above shows Arcare Birtinya celebrating Book Week in style with a mini talent show.
From beautiful instrumentals to heartfelt poems and even a resident who happens to be a children’s author, it was a true celebration of creativity and love for literature.
Arcare Birtinya lifestyle assistant Mackayla and resident Gordon even stole the show with their charming duet.
Moira was kind enough to show some of the books that she has published over the years including ‘The Wombat who wanted to fly’ and ‘Animal Antics ABC’.
Arcare Aged Care has a number of lifestyle activities to help residents continue to pursue their own hobbies or find new activities of interest. Learn more about Life at Arcare.
