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Live! Queensland band culture

Live! Queensland band culture

Celebrate the soundtrack of our state as SLQ sets the stage for the music of Queensland.

When 11 May - 17 Nov 2013

Free

Charles Chauvel

Jedda: A celebration of Charles Chauvel

When Tue 20 Aug, 07:00 pm

Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2

Free

Australia Day Festival

Dads Read family fun day

Grab your dad and head to the Queen Street Mall for loads of reading fun with your favourite sporting heroes!

When Sat 17 Aug, 10:30 am

Where Queen Street Mall Stage

Free

Portrait of two South Sea Islanders from the Pioneer Sugar Mill, Brandon, Queensland, 1880s, negative number 9925, John Oxley Library.

A night in the JOL: Bittersweet Queensland

 Hear personal and professional experiences of telling sensitive, confronting and powerful stories of Australian South Sea Islanders.     

When Wed 21 Aug, 06:00 pm

Where John Oxley Library Reading Room, level 4, State Library

Free , bookings required

Katie Noonan

Dinner with Katie Noonan

Sit down and enjoy a gourmet meal with songstress Katie Noonan. 

When Thu 15 Aug, 07:30 pm

Where Talbot Family Treasures Wall, level 4, State Library

$150 , bookings required

Australian Poetry Slam '13

Australian Poetry Slam '13

Speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing your original poem at the Queensland Poetry Slam heats – electric live events where the audience is the judge!

Major events and exhibitions at the State Library

Major events and exhibitions

Find out more about our exhibitions and other major events - festivals, workshop and talk series, open days and children's holiday programs.

Programs

The State Library offers a number of varied programs, such as Dads Read.

Tea and Me: a State Library of Queensland installation

Installations

See the temporary and permanent installations visible around the State Library's South Bank building site.

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