Join bestselling Australian kids’ authors Mick Elliott and Oliver Phommavanh at Floriade as they face off on stage in the ULTIMATE STORYTELLING BATTLE. They have just ONE HOUR to come up with the most HILARIOUS, OUTRAGEOUS and UNTHINKABLY STINKY stories ever told. No drafts. No rewrites. Just instant storytelling to the max. A special storytelling event in conjunction with Floriade and Australian Reading Hour.

We're excited to be taking part in Floriade this year. Visit us amongst the flowers for themed storytelling. We’ll be celebrating 50 years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the importance of bees with UnBEElieveables, and community diversity with bilingual story time. You can also make your own Story Stones for interactive storytelling, and join us for our popular Giggle & Wiggle early literacy program. No bookings needed.

We’re again supporting the Children’s Book Council of Australia ACT Branch’s (CBCA ACT) Christmas Book Appeal. You can donate new books for children and teenagers aged 0-18 years at any of our libraries during opening hours from 1 – 31 August. The CBCA ACT aims to collect 2,000+ books to give to children in need this Christmas.

We’re celebrating Children’s Book Week and National Science Week and have a special series of three talks by passionate photographer Steve Parish. There are also talks and workshops on writing, family history record keeping, gardening, and political cartoons and caricature.