Events

Create your own account and learn how to use Facebook so you can stay in touch with family and friends online. Bookings essential.

Learn how to find your way around the internet safely, save your favourite websites, search for information and use Google to help you find answers. Basic computer skills are required. Bookings essential.

Connect with family, friends and organisations using email. Learn how to create an email account, send and reply to emails, create contacts, and sign in and out of your account. Basic computer and internet skills required. Bookings essential. A Brisbane Libraries Tech Connect workshop.

Dave ‘Cartoon Dave’ Hackett has taught cartooning to more than 200,000 children in schools and libraries all over the world. He is the author of seven how-to cartooning books, three picture books and six novels. Join Dave as he shares his cartooning skills in this fun and interactive workshop. Ideal for children aged 6-12 years. […]

Learn how to use the basic features of an iPad. Explore apps, connect to Wi-Fi and search on the internet. Perfect for the first time user. Bring your own iPad. Bookings essential.

Based on Narelle Oliver’s I Want to Be in a Book, participants will explore the world of story book creation with Megan Daley. Children will make their own Story Ideas Journal using collage techniques. Lots of inspiration for summer story writing!  Ideal for children aged 6-10 years. Ideal for children aged 6-10 years. Bookings essential.

Mix chemicals (safe ones!) together and watch the amazing change from liquid to ooey-gooey glow-in-the-dark bubble slime right before your eyes! Make instant snow and watch it expand 100 times its original size to create piles of soft, fluffy fun. Ideal for children aged 6-12 years. Bookings essential.

Collage art has a long history as an art form, dating back to the early 1900s right through to modern day. Join artists from the Brisbane Collage Club to learn about basic techniques and styles of collage art, and try your hand at making your own artwork. Ideal for those aged 12 years and older. […]

Be blown away by an energetic and explosive science show with the Street Science team! Presenters will ignite your imagination and show you wild demonstrations that will leave you cheering for more. Ideal for children aged 6-12 years. Bookings essential. This event is part of Brisbane Libraries’ Summer Reading program.