Lian Tanner will be touring Brisbane the week commencing Monday 2 August 2021.

Jacqueline Harvey will be touring Brisbane the week commencing Monday 19 July 2021.

For all our information on voices on tour, please go to the Touring Speakers information on our website.

Oswald Messweather is the title of Dimity Powell's new book.

Oswald (aka Ozzie) suffers from OCD and this is his story about acknowledging the little things, letting go and moving on.
Here’s a wee sample of Ozzie’s world: (click here to be the first to watch Ozzie’s Book Trailer!)
 
For those lucky enough to reside in SE QLD or happen to be visiting our premier state during the Easter School Holidays, you are warmly invited along to the official Oswald Messweather Book Launch.

Where: The Mad Hatters Bookshop, Manly, Brisbane
Date: Saturday 10 April 2021
Time: 10.30 am
 
What’s it all about? Book reading, book love sharing, book signings, Dimity waffling on (just a bit), free kids’ activities, a chance to follow the yellow brick road and enjoy a beautiful morning out by the bay.

This is  a free, Covid safe event so please make an essential booking here.
 

Gregg Dreise has 5 new books being released in 2021. He will be available on Monday and Tuesday during NAIDOC week (5th and 6th July) and all days during the following week (12th - 16th July) to schools that haven't hosted him before.  Gregg has also opened up a bunch of new dates in Term 3 (not just Thursdays and Fridays) therefore, please contact the office for more information.

Gregg's new books are:

Hello and Welcome Puffin Books - Penguin Random House 2-3-2021. A book about Welcomes and Acknowledgements to Country. Companion Book to My Culture and Me.
Common Wealth Scholastic Books 3-6-2021. A Slam Poetry Persuasive about unity for mature readers. A great performance companion to my poems in A Boat Of Stars Harper Collins.
Awesome Emu Magabala Books 1-7-2021. Companion book to Silly Birds, Kookoo Kookaburra, Mad Magpie and Cunning Crow, books about Aboriginal Dreaming stories and Morals.
Today's Sun Penguin Random House 1-9-2021. A Black and White Board Book about a connection to animals enjoying each day of their life.
Where's My Baby Magabala Books 1-10-21. A Board Book with traditional language to discover a mother looking for her cute little one.

Brisbane City Council and Gold Coast City Council libraries host author talks with Aleesah Darlison, Samantha Wheeler, Joanne Brooker and Nadia Sunde.

NAIDOC week