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State Librarian and Chief Executive Officer Vicki McDonald, shares a message about why we love books here at State Library.
Karen Foxlee reads from her children’s book, Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy.
Hear Ben Hobson read from his novel Snake Island.
Dr Anita Heiss reads from her novel, Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms.
Hear author Nick Earls read from one of his favourite books and learn why he is a big fan of reading.
Author Ellen Van Neerven reads a poem, written for Ellen's mother.
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Australian Reading Hour is an initiative of Australia Reads supported by State Library of Queensland.
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Ophelia and The Marvellous Boy
by Karen Foxlee
Eleven-year-old Ophelia might not be brave, but she certainly is curious. Her family are still reeling from her mother's death, and in a bid to cheer everyone up, her father has taken a job at a fantastically enormous and gothic museum.
Throat
by Ellen van Neerven
Throat is the explosive second poetry collection from award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven. Exploring love, language and land.
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms
Anita Heiss
A story about a love that transcends all boundaries, from one of Australia's best loved authors. 1944 over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of the No.12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra.
Snake Island
by Ben Hobson
'Snake Island takes you to the limits of human emotion. A vivid, consuming dive into family loyalty, violence, and the hearts broken when the two collide.'
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