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The Art of Food

Graphic designer Saskia Ericson works at the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, cooking up fun designs and illustrations for projects ranging from recipe booklets to textiles and annual reports. A…

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The Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival is a yearly event that celebrates and encourages a love of reading, storytelling, creativity, diversity and learning. This years festival takes place from Thursday…

Michelle Bourke author talk

Author talk as part of the 2025 Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival

Holden Sheppard in conversation with Stephen Russell

Holden Sheppard is a West Australian author whose novel Invisible Boys, about young gay men in rural Australia, won multiple accolades, including the 2019 WA Premier’s Prize for an Emerging…

Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation with Alice Pung – Cultural Diversity Week

Celebrate Cultural Diversity Week in a special Harmony Day event with authors, Maxine Beneba Clarke and OAM Alice Pung. Harmony Day and Cultural Diversity Week are the celebrations that recognise…

Microfiction Competition Awards Ceremony

T. R. Napper is a multi-award-winning science fiction author. His honours include the prestigious Aurealis three times (Best Horror Short Story 2016, Best Science Fiction Novella 2020, Best Science Fiction…

Mitch Tambo

Mitch will perform songs from his upcoming children’s album. Families are encouraged to attend this educational and entertaining event. This is a performance for all ages. Image credit: CIRKUS BIZURKUS

Spoken Word Workshop: Utopia of Self (ages 16-30)

Parminder Kaur Bhandal (she/her) is an artist, librarian, and poet who breathes life into spaces where the heart feels both held and free. Her work—spanning photography, video, installation, wearable art,…

Comedy Writing with Samuel Gebreselassie (for ages 12 -17 )

In 1980, Sam’s parents escaped a war-torn Ethiopia for a Sudanese refugee camp. Then in 1998, when Sam was just a child, they found themselves all the way in New…

Kathryn Mulqueeney ‘Costume Box’ – Children’s Story Time and Author Q&A

Kathryn Mulqueeney is an Australian children’s author and children’s librarian. She is an enthusiastic advocate that reading should be fun, and her books always include as much engagement, movement, and…

The Bold Source issue 5 launch

Launch of Issue 5 of the youth-led magazine Bold Source

Kate Ceberano – Unsung

Join Aussie music icon Kate Ceberano in conversation with Paul Bateman, as they explore Kate’s beautifully illustrated memoir. Unsung features Kate’s inspirational song lyrics, stories and artwork, celebrating four decades…

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The Art of Food

Enhance your digital reading with Borrowbox

Michelle Bourke author talk

Holden Sheppard in conversation with Stephen Russell

Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation with Alice Pung – Cultural Diversity Week

Microfiction Competition Awards Ceremony

Mitch Tambo

Spoken Word Workshop: Utopia of Self (ages 16-30)

Comedy Writing with Samuel Gebreselassie (for ages 12 -17 )

Kathryn Mulqueeney ‘Costume Box’ – Children’s Story Time and Author Q&A

The Bold Source issue 5 launch

Kate Ceberano – Unsung

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