Books

Join our vibrant community work spaces at Juanita Nielsen Community Centre

Donate your preloved books or grab a book or 2 to take home for free.

Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a bookish discussion.

RUSI NSW Lecture I Tuesday 28 January 2025

Messy and sensory play, reading books, playing with toys, engaging in craft activities and gross motor play

A fun interactive session of singing and rhymes for children aged 0-6 years

Photographs from New York streets

Custom make your own chunky journal

Hilary Bell will help you find an entry point through which you can access the idea that’s inside you.

Nick Earls will focus on key aspects of short-fiction, and how to make choices that deliver compelling short stories.

A Chinese Australian story of family, migration and entrepreneurship

A space to meet other writers, write and share your work

Chris Phillips will show you how make your story shine through developing fundamental screenwriting skills.

In this fascinating biography, Sydney Srinivas intertwines the science, the scientist and the person.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing

A fun bilingual storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing

Join author and nutritionist Lee Holmes as she discusses her latest book, Nature’s Way to Healing Long Covid.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

Presented by The Australia Institute

Access your authentic voice in words, make great connections

In this one-day workshop with author Anna Downes, we'll look at the difference between a story and a situation

Jazz Money will lead poets through a wide range of prompts to create new poetry based in place and memory.

184 years after Australia’s highest mountain was named, an Australian author has written a biography about Kosciuszko

Join Ben Hobson as he interviews Jacqueline Bublitz, author of suspense thriller 'Leave the Girls Behind'.

Are you looking for feedback to improve your work? Join this course to give and receive feedback on your writing.

In this online writing course, author Simmone Howell will provide feedback on your writing for young adults.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to craft opinion pieces that stand out in today’s crowded media landscape.

Candice Fox will deliver a one-stop-shop writing workshop aimed at writers wanting to produce commercial crime fiction.

Develop and enrich your research for writing skills.

This workshop introduces strategies to help you understand the bigger picture of your works-in-progress

Explore methods of building tension, and ways of approaching scenes that fit your style.

An event for all romance readers

Join author Maggie Hamilton to deep dive into the mind, body, spirit genre.

Learn ways to inspire curiosity, introspection and awe in readers to incite connection and change

This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced fiction writers.

In this one-day workshop, author, Dr Rosie Dub will take you on a journey into the psychology of character.

In this 6-week course with author Amy Lovat, you’ll explore the fundamentals of dialogue and character.

This seminar will give you the tools to navigate the publishing waters with confidence and a sense of direction.