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Old Quarry Branch

7051 Village Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78731
United States
512-974-8860
Monday - Thursday10am - 9pm
FridayClosed
Saturday10am - 5pm
SundayClosed
Holiday schedule

The Old Quarry Branch of the Austin Public Library system opened with great fan-fare on January 15, 1976 in the Northwest Hills Shopping Center in Northwest Austin. The branch was designed by architect Charles B. Croft and built on property that once held a 100-acre, 30-foot deep limestone quarry—hence the name “Old Quarry.” Equipped with 8,300 square feet of floor space, the new branch replaced the Highland Park Branch, which had faithfully served the Northwest Austin area from 1958 until its closing in 1975. Old Quarry has seen two major renovations. The most extensive one occurred in 1992 when the Branch received a head-to-toe “makeover” complete with new carpeting and furniture, a new roof and floor plan, and an updated color scheme. Then in 1999, in response to the Americans With Disabilities Act, additional modifications were made to the Branch to make it and its resources more accessible to persons with disabilities.

Old Quarry Branch Talk Time takes place every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

The Old Quarry Branch Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Upcoming Events at the Old Quarry Branch

All Events | All Adult Events | All Youth Events

Wednesday, June 19

10:15am Toddler Storytime
11:00am Preschool Storytime

Thursday, June 20

10:30am Talk Time

Monday, June 24

4:00pm Bend it Like Crazy! Sculptures

Wednesday, June 26

10:15am Toddler Storytime
11:00am Preschool Storytime

Thursday, June 27

10:30am Talk Time

Monday, July 1

4:00pm Literature LIVE! presents:The King's Daughter Who Lost Her Hair

Wednesday, July 3

10:15am Toddler Storytime

Old Quarry Branch Blog

Saturday, June 1
June Staff Picks at Old Quarry
by: debbie.schneekloth

These are some of the items we have had on our staff picks shelf here at Old Quarry.  Don't get left without a good read!   

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

A Twist at the End by Steven Saylor

The Tudors: the Complete First Season DVD

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond by James Trefil

Doctor Who The Complete Fourth Series DVD

We also have a display next to the DVD section for the 2013 APL Adult Summer Reading Program with other selections you may enjoy.

Saturday, May 18
Two Hundred Years of Mr. Darcy!
by: debbie.schneekloth

Many of you may know that this year is the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice.  Austen wrote the novel in 1797-98, originally calling it First Impressions.  Her father attempted to have it published, but the manuscript was rejected.  It was not until her first novel, Sense and Sensibility was published in 1812 that Pride and Prejudice was accepted.  By that time, another author had published their novel called First Impressions.  Austen found another title for her book from a quote in fellow female author Fanny Burney’s novel, Cecila.  Thus Pride and Prejudice was born.   The novel was an instant success and has proved to be her most popular novel.

While we know much about her life from records and her own letters, there are aspects of her life of which we know nothing because her sister destroyed letters after the author’s death in 1817 in order to protect family privacy.  Scholars and authors can only speculate what the subjects of those letters were and what dimensions they could have added to our understanding of Jane Austen.  

By Jane Austen:

Jane Austen's Letters by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice (DVD) Miniseries starring Colin Firth

Based on Jane Austen:

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Seth Grahame-Smith

The Pemberley Chronicles: A Companion Volume to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Rebecca Ann Collins

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

Lost in Austen (DVD) Miniseries starring Jemima Rooper

Pride and Prescience, Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged: A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery by Carrie Bebris

 

 

 

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