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Entwined

Plants and people

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Queensland Literary Awards

People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award
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Big Voices

Final weeks, don’t miss seeing this inspiring exhibition

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Entwined: plants and people curator's tour

Wed 4 Aug (ongoing) · 2–2:45pm
Join curator and research librarian, Joan Bruce, for a unique glimpse into the story behind Entwined: plants and people. 
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Baby Play in The Parlour

Baby Play in The Corner

Every Tue, Wed & Fri · 10–10:45am
A special First 5 Forever session for babies 0-12months. 
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Youth Writing Saturdays

Sat 14 Aug (ongoing) · 10–11:30am
Youth Writing Saturdays is a FREE, monthly creative writing workshop for young writers at any stage of development.
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Songs for Little Queenslanders: Beautiful Day

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State Library of Queensland would like to acknowledge the recent passing of Brisbane ‘punk pioneer’…

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MS Readathon gets children reading!

Each year, during the month of August, the MS Readathon inspires children to read as…

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Dundalli: Aboriginal resistance hero

This blog is a summary of two articles, Dundalli (1820–1855) by Libby Connors and Aboriginal…

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What I'm Borrowing: Rhiannon Wilde

What I’m Borrowing is a blog series exploring our affection for libraries, loans, and sharing…

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