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Visiting a State Library exhibition? Want to find books to match? Read along with the Stories and Ideas team’s hand-picked titles.

<a href="https://www.naidoc.org.au/">NAIDOC</a>&nbsp;Week will run from 6 - 13 July and will be celebrated all over the country. This year marks 50 years since the first week-long event took place in 1975, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.&nbsp;The NAIDOC committee has its origins in a Day of Mourning, 26 January 1938, when Aboriginal people gathered in Sydney to protest against racist policies and to fight for their human rights.

This year's theme is&nbsp;The Next Generation: Strength, Vision &amp; Legacy. It invites all Australians to celebrate the achievements of First Nations people and movements of the past and look towards a bright future.

To celebrate <a href="https://www.naidoc.org.au/local-events/local-naidoc-week-events">NAIDOC Week 2025</a>,&nbsp;the Stories and Ideas team has put together fiction and non-fiction for children and adults written by First Nations authors. We encourage you to buy a book for yourself or a loved one and fill your bookshelves with the stories of the next generation.&nbsp;

NAIDOC Week reads

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Queensland Writers Centre is based at the State Library, level 2. Queensland Writers Centre is a community that champions writers across Queensland. They help writers at all stages of their writing journey develop skills to improve their craft, engage their readers and build a sustainable career.

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Find your next favourite&nbsp;at the Library Shop in-store or online anytime.

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State Library champions writers and fosters a vibrant and diverse reading culture. Discover&nbsp;blog posts, opportunities for awards, prizes for young storytellers, and writing fellowships, as well as videos of stimulating conversations with some of the country’s leading authors and thinkers.&nbsp;

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Fellowships and awards

Exhibition reads

From the blog

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