Theme: “For Our Elders” Take a look at National NAIDOC website if you would like more information. Victoria also has its own NAIDOC committee, which is seeking entries for the Victorian poster from Aboriginal artists in Victoria and also runs an awards celebration. Click here for more details.
Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. Harmony celebrations The Department of Home Affairs leads national celebrations for Harmony Week to recognise diversity and inclusion activities that take place during the entire week. Harmony Week is celebrated during the week (Monday to Sunday) that includes 21 March,...
Australian Reading Hour has a short and sweet message: read, share, and enjoy books! #AustralianReadingHour #ARH23 #ReadShareEnjoy We’re asking all Australians across the nation to spend an hour on the day reading and sharing the stories they love with others. It’s a whole day, where the whole country talks about books together. Choose any hour...
The theme for Library Lovers Day 2023 is 'Only you' as in Only you can make the world seem right Only you can make the darkness bright... If your library has enriched your life in big or small ways, if there's something that your library does that no other public space can do, if your...
National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science centres.
Moved from its previous May timeframe, Library and Information Week (LIW) will be celebrated from 25 - 31 July 2022, with the aim of building awareness of the library and information sector, and promoting all types of library and information services in Australia.
National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its 22nd successful year, it is a...
Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.