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WRITING<br />
& LITERATURE<br />
USER<br />
IN PERSON<br />
USER<br />
IN PERSON<br />
WRITING & LITERATURE | WHAT’S ON<br />
ONLINE<br />
Book Group<br />
Monthly<br />
If you enjoy looking at a book in detail, join our<br />
Blackburn Book Group on the first Wednesday of the<br />
month for some interesting and in-depth discussions.<br />
BRANCH DATE TIME<br />
Blackburn Wed 1 Dec 1.30 pm – 3.00 pm<br />
Blackburn Wed 2 Feb 1.30 pm – 3.00 pm<br />
Evening Book Chat<br />
Monthly<br />
Are you looking for books to read over the summer,<br />
fiction or non-fiction? Are you one who loves to talk<br />
about what you’ve read to like-minded people? Then<br />
we’d love for you to join our Book Chat! The discussion<br />
will be led by a librarian from the branch, but you can<br />
come prepared to talk about a good book you have read<br />
lately and would like to recommend to others.<br />
BRANCH DATE TIME<br />
ONLINE &<br />
IN PERSON<br />
Doncaster Wed 1 Dec 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm<br />
Zoom Wed 1 Dec 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm<br />
Doncaster Wed 2 Feb 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm<br />
Zoom Wed 2 Feb 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm<br />
Book Chat<br />
Monthly<br />
Are you an enthusiastic reader of fiction or non-fiction<br />
books? Are you one who loves to talk about what you’ve<br />
read to like-minded people? Then we’d love you to join<br />
our Book Chat. The discussion will led by a librarian<br />
from the branch, but you can come prepared to talk<br />
about a good book you have read lately and would like<br />
to recommend to others.<br />
Not running in January<br />
BRANCH DATE TIME<br />
Blackburn 1st Friday 10.00 – 11.30 am<br />
Box Hill 3rd Tuesday 10.15 – 11.30 am<br />
Bulleen 2nd Tuesday 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm<br />
Doncaster 1st Wednesday 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm<br />
Nunawading 2nd Thursday 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm<br />
The Pines 1st Friday 10.15 am – 11.15 am<br />
Vermont Sth 2nd Thursday 10.30 am – 11.30 am<br />
Warrandyte 2nd Friday 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm<br />
Astrid Edwards<br />
Growing Up Disabled in Australia<br />
<strong>On</strong>e in five Australians has a disability. And disability presents itself in many ways. Yet people with disablilities<br />
are still under-represented in the media and in literature. This year on the International Day of People with Disability<br />
(IDPwD), writer, teacher, podcaster and MS Australia advocate Astrid Edwards will join us online to talk about<br />
her chapter in the highly acclaimed book: “Growing Up Disabled in Australia”. Astrid is one half of Bad Producer<br />
Productions, a podcast company with eleven successful (and six awarded) podcasts to date. A bibliophile, she is<br />
also the host of Anonymous Was A Woman and The Garret: Writers on Writing She blogs about chronic disease and<br />
living with MS under the pseudonym LadywithMS. Telling stories – and saying what needs to be said – is her goal.<br />
Zoom invite will be emailed to participants at at least one hour prior to the session.<br />
BRANCH DATE TIME<br />
Zoom Fri 3 Dec 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm<br />
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Registration is essential for all events www.wml.vic.gov.au or in branch<br />
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