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Holiday fun
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Young Writers' Day Camp: River Stories
"It was phantasmagorical!" "It was the best thing that I ever did on the holidays."
Last year’s young writers loved it, and so the week-long Young Writers’ Day Camps are back by popular demand. Book in early to secure your place.
The beautiful Brisbane River will be the inspiration for children and young people aged 9-16 to investigate creative ideas through language, story, drama and performance. Working daily with professional writers, animators and dramatists, you will explore story in all its elements and prepare written, animated and performance variations on your very own stories.
The Day Camp will culminate in a showcase performance for family and friends where the participants present their work.
For full details download the Young Writers Day Camp program [ new window 431 kb].
Download the information for parents [ new window 48 kb] and consent form [ new window 135 kb].
Venue: The Edge Auditorium
Date: 30 Jun – 4 Jul or 7 – 11 Jul, 9am-4pm
Entry: $195 (10% discount for siblings), bookings qtix 136 246
Ages: 9-16 years
Crime writing with Simon Higgins: The Case of the Missing Cuneiform Tablets
Who dunnit at the State Library? Put your detective skills to the test and help us solve the Case of the Missing Cuneiform Tablet. With the help of ex-private detective and celebrated children’s author Simon Higgins, you’ll go on a crime fighting adventure – searching for clues, interviewing suspects, examining evidence… and cracking the case! For ages 10 to 14.
Simon Higgins is a best selling, internationally published author who writes speculative fiction, thriller and adventure novels.
Venue: Bank of Queensland Heritage Collections Learning Room, level 4
Date: Mon-Sat, 23 Jun – 12 Jul,10am-12.30pm
Entry: $8, bookings qtix 136 246
School bookings: (Year 5-9) 23 – 27 Jun, ph 3840 7903
Ages: 10-14 years
Presented by State Library of Queensland and the Queensland Writers Centre.
The Megaphone Project
They are large, move, make sound and are very red but they need you to make them come to life! This visual and sonic experience invites children, families and storytellers of all ages to sing, listen, call, respond, and physically grapple with these incredible objects. We will also have megaphone making stations so you can keep experimenting at home!
Venue: Knowledge Walk, level 1
Date: 28 Jun – 13 Jul, 10am-4pm
Entry: Free
Ages: 3-8 years
The Megaphone Project is created and directed by Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey and presented in partnership with ArtPlay and the State Library of Queensland.
Family Album
This exciting interactive exhibition allows children to explore photographic techniques, rethink light and its uses, express ideas of family and discover new ways to create an album. Participants explore the family album as the cornerstone of family memoirs, and uncover the way techniques used to capture and display images have changed. Family Album is hands-on, highly creative fun for all the family!
Venue: The Studio, level 1
Date: 10 Jun – 13 Jul, 10am-4pm
Entry: Free
Ages: 3-8 years
Family Album is created and presented by the State Library of Queensland in partnership with the Queensland College of Art Griffith University.
Live performance
Boom Bah!
Based on the book Boom Bah! by Phil Cummings and Nina Rycroft
TING!
Shhh … listen.
What’s that sound?
BOOM BAH!
Is coming to town!
When a small mouse creates the sound of a simple TING, a bustling band gathers and grows. Enjoy the fun of a rollicking good time as this explosion of rhythmic language and music comes to life on stage.
If you liked Cat you’ll love Boom Bah!
Boom Bah! is the second production created from Picture Book to Performance, a literacy initiative between Windmill Performing Arts, The Courier Mail Little Big Book Club and the State Library of Queensland.
For ages 1 – 3, their parents and carers
Venue: The Edge Auditorium
Date: Wed 30 Jul, Fri 1 Aug & Sat 2 Aug, 9.30am, 11.30am & 1.30pm
Thu 31 Jul, 9.30am & 11.30am
Entry: $8 per person or $28 for families (2 adults & 2 children),
bookings qtix 136 246
Presented by State Library of Queensland and Windmill Performing Arts Production.
Fun for all the family
Yoga
Start the day with a stretch – come to Yoga at The Corner! With breathing, stretching and simple postures, it’s the only way to spend Monday morning. Suitable for mums, mums to be, dads, grandparents, friends, babies and all under 8s.
Venue: The Corner, level 1
Date: Every Monday 10am-12noon
Entry: Free, no bookings required
Rhyme Time
Get into the rhythm of Rhyme Time every Thursday at The Corner. From babes in arms to children ready to dance - Rhyme Time is a very special time for you and your little one.
Venue: The Corner, level 1
Date: Thursdays 10am-10.30am
Entry: Free, no bookings required
The Corner
The Shed
Come to The Corner and explore The Shed – where things are built and fixed, problems are solved, inventions are made and good things grow. It’s a creative hands-on and minds-on place and program for children. Featuring an exhibition from Dr. Barbara Piscitelli AM Children’s Art Archive, unique artworks, artist-led activities, wonderful books, fun and educational toys and online activities – your visit to The Corner offers a joyous journey of discovery.
Drop in between 10am – 12noon daily and you and your child can participate in engaging and original artist-led activities. The Corner is especially for children U8 years their parents, carers, educators and friends.
Venue: The Corner, level 1
Time: Open daily, 10am-4pm
Entry: Free, no bookings required
The Parlour
Are you game to enter The Parlour?
Join the fun in The Parlour, a special space where you can borrow and play new and traditional parlour games.
Drop in on Sunday for the Family Challenge and spend an enjoyable afternoon learning new games like
Blokus and Sequence or see the Black Knight challenge multiple players to a game of chess thanks to the Chess Association of Queensland.
Want to learn Chess from the experts? Join the Chess Tutor once a month to hone your skills.
Venue: 1.38, Infozone, level 1
Date: Open daily 10am-4pm
Family Challenge - Sun, 10am-4pm and daily during the school holidays, 28 Jun - 13 Jul
Black Knight Challenge - Sun 29 Jun, 12noon-2pm
Chess Tutor - Wed 25 Jun, 10.30am-12.30pm
Entry: Free
Explore Indigenous culture
kuril dhagun Indigenous Knowledge Centre
Learn the tale of Kuril and Young Kippa, listen to stories from Aboriginal communities and gain a deeper understanding of the history of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders using the touch screens of kuril dhagun Indigenous Knowledge Centre. The first of its kind in any State library in Australia, kuril dhagun provides access to the history, languages and culture of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.
Venue: kuril dhagun Indigenous Knowledge Centre, level 1
Date: Open daily
Entry: Free
More information
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Last updated: 7th July 2008
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