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Book Launch for HANA: The audacity to be free

the Theatrette - Victorian Pride Centre 79-81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Join us to launch Hana Assafiri's memoir, titled 'HANA: The audacity to be free' at the Pride Centre! This memoir follows Hana’s early life, her activism, the founding of the popular Moroccan Soup Bar, and her ethos of women’s empowerment. Her story is a daring call to action that invites readers to join her on […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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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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
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. […]

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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 […]

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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

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 […]

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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
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

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. […]

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