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G'Lit is going on tour poster, with locations including Dandenong, Sale, Hamilton, the City of Casey, and Wodonga
Event Series Q-Lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words

Q-Lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words

Multiple , Australia

Q-Lit, Victoria's Queer Festival of Words, is set to return in 2024 with an even more exciting lineup of events and destinations. Tour Dates: 27th April: Dandenong 4th May: Sale 11th May: Hamilton 18th May: City of Casey 25th May: Wodonga Expect a diverse range of workshops, in-conversations, panel discussions and showcases at each location. […]

Free
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Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free
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Author Talk: Sam Elkin with Jasper Peach

St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Join us for a special IDAHOBIT author talk. Sam Elkin will be discussing his debut memoir, Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga, which relates his bumpy journey from lesbian to transgender lawyer in the aftermath of the 2017 marriage equality vote. Sam will be joined by author and speaker Jasper Peach. About Sam Elkin Sam Elkin […]

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G'Lit is going on tour poster, with locations including Dandenong, Sale, Hamilton, the City of Casey, and Wodonga
Event Series Q-Lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words

Q-Lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words

Multiple , Australia

Q-Lit, Victoria's Queer Festival of Words, is set to return in 2024 with an even more exciting lineup of events and destinations. Tour Dates: 27th April: Dandenong 4th May: Sale 11th May: Hamilton 18th May: City of Casey 25th May: Wodonga Expect a diverse range of workshops, in-conversations, panel discussions and showcases at each location. […]

Free
G'Lit is going on tour poster, with locations including Dandenong, Sale, Hamilton, the City of Casey, and Wodonga
Event Series Q-Lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words

Q-Lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words

Multiple , Australia

Q-Lit, Victoria's Queer Festival of Words, is set to return in 2024 with an even more exciting lineup of events and destinations. Tour Dates: 27th April: Dandenong 4th May: Sale 11th May: Hamilton 18th May: City of Casey 25th May: Wodonga Expect a diverse range of workshops, in-conversations, panel discussions and showcases at each location. […]

Free
Youth Author Talk and Writing Workshop poster with the line-up, date, time, location and sponsors of the event

Everything Under the Moon Author Panel and Writing Workshop

Emerald Hill Library 195 Bank Street, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

RETELLING FAIRYTALES TO A TEEN AUDIENCE Some damsels don’t want to be rescued. Some curses don’t need to be broken. And some of the best happily ever afters won’t be found in storybooks. Everything Under the Moon: Fairy Tales in a Queerer Light is an illuminating celebration of queer love and identity told by some […]

Free

Trans and Gender-Diverse Book Club Trademark
Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

Book launch for Critical Care by Geraldine Fela detailing the date, time and location of the launch

BOOK LAUNCH x Geraldine Fela in conversation with Dr Dion Kaga

Victorian Pride Centre , Australia +1 more

Join Geraldine Fela in conversation with Dr Dion Kagan at Hares & Hyenas to celebrate the release of her new book, Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis. ABOUT THE BOOK: HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses […]

Free
Book launch for Geraldine Fela poster detailing the date, time and location of the event

BOOK LAUNCH x Geraldine Fela in conversation with Dr Dion Kaga

Victorian Pride Centre , Australia +1 more

Join Geraldine Fela in conversation with Dr Dion Kagan at Hares & Hyenas to celebrate the release of her new book, Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis. ABOUT THE BOOK: HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses […]

Free
Trans and Gender-Diverse Book Club Trademark
Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

The VLA Narratives Presents Queer Narratives with Sam Elkin poster, with dates, time and location

Celebrate Library Week with Sam Elkin

The VLA Library is excited to announce that Sam Elkin will be joining us to discuss his new book as part of Library Week. Sam works in community law and has recently published his first book Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. A darkly humorous and ground-breaking memoir from a new voice in queer literature. […]

Free
Trans and Gender-Diverse Book Club Trademark
Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free
A person in a school uniform sits atop a table, with animated flying pieces of scrunched paper swirling around their head.

Fourteen by Shannon Molloy

Geelong Arts Centre 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia

An exclusive Victoria screening only in Geelong! Adapted by Shake & Stir Theatre Co with Shannon Molloy. The year is 1999 and Shannon has a secret... Shannon Molloy is a year 9 student at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland, with a secret that no one can ever find out. Shannon is gay. […]

$10 – $69

headshot of author with text that reads, "Melbourne Book Launch"

Book Launch: Dreams – Forging My Own Path

Victorian Pride Centre , Australia

Join Rugare Gomo, the first Black, Gay, African-Australian to share his life story in a book, "Dreams: Forging my Own Path." This inspiring memoir is for anyone who has ever felt excluded, stuck, not enough, or invisible—and for those chasing their dreams. Event Details: Sunday, 8 September 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM Books will be […]