SPECIAL EVENTS

ULTIMATE WALKS & HIKES AUSTRALIA WITH LAURA WATERS

Laura Waters has hiked thousands of kilometres to put together her ultimate list of walking tracks across Australia—and now she’s going to share them with us.

Laura is the author of Bewildered: Leaving everything behind for 3,000km in the wilds of New Zealand and 2022’s Ultimate Walks & Hikes Australia.

Join us at Sebastopol Library as Laura shares her favourite walks across the country, the many benefits of walking in nature, and her tips and tricks for getting out to explore the great outdoors.

Thursday 30 March 6pm

Sebastopol Library

Bookings required

Trans Day Of Visibility Flag Raising Ceremony

Trans Day of Visibility celebrates the transgender and gender diverse community and celebrates the achievements and contributions made by transgender and the gender diverse people around the world.

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Monday 13 March

Queen Victoria Square Sturt Street, Ballarat Central

Autumn Reading Party

Join us at the Sebastopol Library for our Autumn Reading Party. We welcome everyone to come along and indulge in some muchdeserved reading time and an unplugged musical act to add to the ambience.

Reading parties are a way to celebrate the joy of reading and its positive effect on health and wellbeing.

Thursday 27 April 6pm Sebastopol Library

Bookings required

CLI-FI READING CHALLENGE

Climate fiction (Cli-Fi) is a phenomenon that is represented in adult fiction, young adult fiction, junior fiction and picture books as well as narrative non-fiction.

Cli-Fi explores themes of human altered climates and can offer a way of humanising the science of climate change. Join this reading challenge to explore the themes of Climate Fiction and become aware of the various ways you can access the library and be a part of a reading community.

Ages 16+

Launches on Earth Day 2023

Saturday 22 April ballarat.beanstack.org.au