Workshop – Writing for Children with Dee White Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM Cost: $10pp. Bookings via Humanitix For ages 16+ Ever wanted to write a story for your children or grandchildren? Or explore your inner child and create a story inspired by your childhood. Award winning children’s author Dee […]
Join editors and journalists, Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang, to discuss this insightful collection of essays and the lessons to take away as we navigate this age of doubt and misinformation.Explore the origins of misinformation culture and its impact on democracy. This collection looks at the moral and ethical foundations our institutions are built on […]
Hear Sylvia Rapley-Anderson in conversation about her book 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'. About the bookIn 1973, a small group of parents and health professionals set out to overturn the inhumane and rigid treatment children received in hospitals around the country.To do this, they formed the Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital (AWCH), […]
Come and enjoy National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) at Bathurst Library, reading a story at the same time as thousands of other libraries, schools, and bookshops across Australia.We will be reading Truck Cat written by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Danny Snell at 12noon sharp, followed by more stories, songs, and rhymes. Plus, an interactive demonstration […]
Bookings essential: 6333 6281 Copies of the book will be for sale on the day. Join author Matt Murphy for a deep dive into the true history behind the discovery of gold in Australia in his new book Gold. About the book Ask Google ‘who discovered gold in Australia?’ and you’ll promptly get ‘Edward Hammond […]
Bookings are essential: call 6333 6281 Join ecologist, mycologist, photographer, Dr Alison Pouliot in an exploration of the dark web beneath our feet. Like the online dark web, the clandestine workings of fungi in the subterrain are also hidden. Mycologists – scientists who study fungi – are starting to make sense of how they operate, […]
Did you know there are over 4,000 memorials in Australia? Join director Geoffrey Sykes for a film screening about the diversity and function of memorials following WW1. Bookings are essential: call 6333 6281. This documentary features over 100 memorials – what can be learnt from them about the impact of war on Australian society? How […]