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Video of the month

The Conversation: Plants and people: the art of living together

Four experts in conservation, botany and ecoscenography spoke about humans' connections to plants in a passionate discussion at State Library on 14 July.

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Must-read article

Hum by Alison Whittaker

"Every piece of lockdown writing is a chore. There’s no friction in the action. We’re condemned to the dull hum a crisis takes on when it’s gone on too long."

via Griffith Review

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A helicopter flies over a city scape the sky is blue with a small number of clouds

Helicopter over a city

Staff book picks

The cover of Amnesia Road by Luke Stegemann - An aerial view of red and brown dirt with creek beds and some trees

Amnesia Road by Luke Stegemann

The cover of Assembly by Natasha Brown a path with hedges leads to a large country house

Assembly by Natasha Brown

The cover of Foals Bread by Gillian Mears the shot is of the side a brown horse with a mane flying

Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears

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What I'm borrowing

A series exploring our affection for libraries, loans, and sharing great reads.

Two images The left is author Holly Ringland with a book open on her lap and petting a dog The right is the book cover of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart The cover is black with centred white text surrounded by delicate colourful flowers

What I’m Borrowing: Holly Ringland

What I’m Borrowing explores our affection for libraries, loans, and the books we love to share.

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A composite image of Rhiannon in a floral shirt beside a cup of coffee and her book cover Henry Hamlets Heart

What I'm Borrowing: Rhiannon Wilde

What I’m Borrowing explores our affection for libraries, loans, and the books we love to share.

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Composite image showing author Luke Best and the cover of his book Cadaver Dog

What I'm Borrowing: Luke Best

This month we welcome author and poet Luke Best who lives in Toowoomba, a place that inspired his award-winning verse novel Cadaver Dog.

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What I'm Borrowing: Lech Blaine

2 November 2020

This month we welcome author Lech Blaine, a writer from Toowoomba, Queensland, who now lives in Sydney.

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Two images The left is of author Benjamin Law from the waist up he is smiling The right is the book cover of Growing Up Queer in Australia its navy blue with teal pink red and yellow shapes on it

What I'm Borrowing: Benjamin Law

This month we welcome multidisciplinary author, screenwriter, raconteur, and absolute hero Benjamin Law.

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