All library branches will host First Nations Storytimes during NAIDOC week.
Find out more about times and locations.
Reconciliation: Forging forward in Victoria with Uncle Charles Pakana
Meet Uncle Charles Pakana, founder and editor-in-chief of Victorian Aboriginal News (VAN), to discuss the differences between substantive and performative reconciliation, and how community can educate itself on key matters relating to the Victorian Treaty process, truth-telling and local voices.
Date: Saturday 29 June
Time: 11am to 1pm
Place: Cheltenham Library, 12 Stanley Avenue, Cheltenham
Visit Kingston Libraries for bookings.
Author Talk with Claire Coleman
From the critically acclaimed author of ‘Terra Nullius’ comes a novel in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman. ‘Enclave’ explores a future of surveillance, disruption and segregation that echoes the horrors of a colonial past.
Meet Claire G. Coleman, Noongar woman, whose family belongs to the south coast of Western Australia. She writes fiction, essays, poetry and art criticism while either living in Naarm (Melbourne) or on the road.
Date: Wednesday 24 July
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Cheltenham Library
Bookings required. To book visit Kingston Libraries.
NAIDOC Storytimes
Join us for special NAIDOC themed storytimes and craft session.
Ages 3-6 years.
Monday 8 July
Chelsea Library, 10.30 - 11.15am
Wednesday 10 July
Aspendale Gardens Community Service, 10.30 - 11.15am
Thursday 11 July
Clarinda Library, 2.30 - 3.15pm