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Today Saturday 22nd September, 2018

Author Talk: Shirleene Robinson & Noah Riseman

Saturday 22 September 2018 - 2pm to 3pm

Most people have heard of the United States’ infamous ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, yet few know about Australia’s own history of LGBT military service. In Serving in Silence? lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender servicemen and women share their personal stories for the first time.

 

Serving in Silence book cover

Talk: Laura Tingle on Modern Political Leadership

Saturday 22 September 2018 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

In this talk, Laura Tingle examines political leadership in general – some profiles in courage, and cunning – as well as styles of leadership. She looks at Macron and Merkel, Keating and Obama.

Laura Tingle headshot

Boomalli

Saturday 23 June 2018 to Sunday 23 September 2018

Posters from the Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.

A black, red and yellow graphic of feathers splayed in a pattern

May Gibbs: celebrating 100 years (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 16 May 2019

Queanbeyan & Coolamon Libraries
28 July-9 August 2018

A colour watercolour illustration of babies popping out of wattle flowers.
On Tour

Satire in the time of war, 1914-1918 (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 10 January 2019

Ryde Library
28 July-9 August 2018

Illustration of boxing Kangaroo and solider by Hal Eyre
On Tour

What A Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 11 June 2016 to Sunday 30 December 2018
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
12 January -17 February 2019
ACDC perform live
On Tour

Tomorrow Sunday 23rd September, 2018

Boomalli

Saturday 23 June 2018 to Sunday 23 September 2018

Posters from the Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.

A black, red and yellow graphic of feathers splayed in a pattern

May Gibbs: celebrating 100 years (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 16 May 2019

Queanbeyan & Coolamon Libraries
28 July-9 August 2018

A colour watercolour illustration of babies popping out of wattle flowers.
On Tour

Satire in the time of war, 1914-1918 (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 10 January 2019

Ryde Library
28 July-9 August 2018

Illustration of boxing Kangaroo and solider by Hal Eyre
On Tour

What A Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 11 June 2016 to Sunday 30 December 2018
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
12 January -17 February 2019
ACDC perform live
On Tour

Upcoming

What A Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 11 June 2016 to Sunday 30 December 2018
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
12 January -17 February 2019
ACDC perform live
On Tour

Satire in the time of war, 1914-1918 (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 10 January 2019

Ryde Library
28 July-9 August 2018

Illustration of boxing Kangaroo and solider by Hal Eyre
On Tour

May Gibbs: celebrating 100 years (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 16 May 2019

Queanbeyan & Coolamon Libraries
28 July-9 August 2018

A colour watercolour illustration of babies popping out of wattle flowers.
On Tour

Treasures of Trove

Tuesday 25 September 2018 - 10:30am to 12:30pm

This hands-on workshop introduces the unrivalled repository of Australian and online resources available from the Trove website.

Two women looking at the Trove website

Alan Frost: Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology

Wednesday 26 September 2018 - 6pm to 8pm

Join the State Library of NSW and Sydney University Press at the launch of Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology: Bounty’s Enigmatic Voyage by Alan Frost.

 

 

Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology book cover

The Magic Pudding: Celebrating 100 years

Saturday 29 September 2018 to Sunday 24 February 2019

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of Australia’s best-known children’s books.

Illustration of a penguin in trousers, a man with a beard and koala wearing a suit (who is holding up a pudding with legs and a face and basin hat).

Family Fun - Pack your bags

Sunday 30 September 2018 - 11am to 2pm

Author/illustrator Matt Cosgrove is our special guest this month and he will share his super stories and beautiful illustrations in a fun interactive talk.

A handmade paper caravan

You Only Live Once

Sunday 30 September 2018 - 2pm to 3:30pm

When Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) is released from prison and into the arms of his sweetheart, Joan (Sylvia Sidney), he is determined to turn his life again and leave behind his life of crime. However, Eddie cannot run away from his shadowed past.

You Only Live Once screenshot