Lectures, talks and discussions

Look at your personal treasures and receive advice on how to maximise their longevity.

Discover SLQ’s many and varied birth, death and marriage sources for Australia and overseas

Join the Classik Nawu band for a night by the fire as they share their stories and songs. 

Sandra Delaney is a local woman from Quandamooka country who has dedicated her life to supporting her community. Join Sandra as she shares stories of her family, her culture and her life.

Explore the Live! Exhibition with curator Kevin Wilson and former music journalist Gavin Sawford.

Discover the many facets of jazz, and how they influence our lives today. 

Watch Brisbane’s lively jazz scene come alive in this special white gloves experience. 

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

Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Junot Diaz discusses and shares excerpts from his new book This is How You Lose Her. 

Madeleine King and Nadia Buick will showcase some of the fashion related content in the SLQ collection. 

A conversation about the aesthetics, themes and distinctiveness (or lack of) in Queensland’s sub-tropical design.