Events

Renata Jayne is a popular Brisbane musician and storyteller. Labelled ‘The Queen of Fun’, come and watch as she turns her audience into characters for her instrumental storytelling show. Ideal for children aged five years and younger. Bookings essential.

In a world saturated with information, how do you tell real from fake, and find the information you need? This session will help you manage information overload and develop your own toolkit to manage information in a way that works for you. Bookings essential.

It has been 50 years since Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey first hit bookshelves. Released alongside Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name, this epic story of space adventure quickly became a science fiction sensation and remains a cult classic to this day. Enjoy a discussion of your favourite science fiction classics. Bookings essential.

Celebrate Library and Information Week by joining a National Simultaneous Storytime event at your local library. At 11am on Wednesday 23 May, children from all over Australia will sit down for a special storytelling of Hickory Dickory Dash by Tony Wilson and Laura Wood.

Read, discuss and debate a fine selection of books with a friendly group. New members welcome.

Meet other enthusiastic readers and explore a new series of books. In May, the club will read Adventures of Alfie Onion by Jackie French. Ideal for children aged 6-11 years.

Join award winning author and illustrator Gregg Dreise on a journey of memorable and meaningful stories of Australia. Using didgeridoos, guitars, songs, dance, poems and daggy jokes; your family can be involved in a wonderful insight into his Aboriginal culture. His engaging presentation style allows audiences to interact with Australia’s beautiful – yet endangered history.

Erwin Cabucos’ short stories have been published in Australia, Singapore, the United States and the Philippines, in publications such as Salu-Salo: Anthology of Philippine-Australian Writings, Quarterly Literary Review (Singapore), and Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults (USA). Erwin’s latest collection of short stories, Does it Matter What the Dead Think? (2016), explores themes of growing up, migration and family. Join […]

Enjoy an engaging session of making music with your child, which has been proven to increase the development of cognition, literacy and speech skills, and parent-child bonding. Ideal for children aged five years and younger.