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May 2024

Fri3

Lit Up! Stories behind the stories

A full-day conference for primary and secondary teacher librarians, children’s librarians and teachers.

Learning

Drawing of a girl reading a book with books flying in the air

Susannah Fullerton: Jane Eyre — its arrival in the world

Susannah Fullerton discusses the literary sensation created by the 1847 publication of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel — Jane Eyre.

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An opened book

Sun5

Silent Film Festival Program

Upcoming 2024 Silent Film Festival sessions at the Library.

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Charlie Chaplin in spotlight

Tue7

Monique Rooney - Ruth Park: New Zealand-Australian author

Ruth Park is a major author who penned The Harp in the South (1948) and was dubbed the ‘female Dickens from Australia’.

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