The UPLIT List: April
By Staff
#Events
New Australian writing
Mr Takahashi & Other Falling Secrets by Sandra Thibodeaux
Thu 30 March – Sat 8 April
Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns
Fri 31 March – Sun 9 April
Various locations across Brisbane
A Rock & Roll Writers Festival
Sat 1 & Sun 2 April
The Old Museum, Brisbane
Sat 1 April
Toowoomba City Library, Toowoomba
Author Talk
Peter Kenny: Reading, Imagination, Writing & Creating
Tue 4 April
Logan North Library, Logan
Author Talk
David Marr: The White Queen - One Nation and the Politics of Race (Quarterly Essay)
Thu 6 April
The Greek Club, Brisbane
Books on Stage
Emily Loves to Bounce, based on the books by Stephen Michael Kings
Fri 7 & Sat 8 April
Townsville Civic Centre, Townsville
Sat 8 April
Rockhampton Regional Library, Rockhampton
Author Talk
Dame Quentin Price: Letters of a Governor-General
Sun 9 April
Customs House, Brisbane
Author Talk
An Editor Regrets: R.G. Campbell and the Australian Journal
Wed 12 April
UQ St Lucia Campus, Brisbane
Author Talk
Thu 20 April
Riverbend Books, Brisbane
Author Talk
Krissy Kneen: An Uncertain Grace
Brisbane Square Library, Brisbane
Fri 21 April
Fri 21 April
UQ St Lucia Campus, Brisbane
Wed 26 – Sun 30 April
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
Author Talk
John Safron: Depends What You Mean By Extremist
Wed 26 April
The Old Museum, Brisbane
Author Talk
Mia Freedman: Work Strife Balance
Fri 28 April
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
#Books & Ideas
Read: The Townsville CityLibraries Short Story Competition Winners
Read: The Children’s Book Council of Australia 2017 Shortlist
Read: The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist
Read: The Stella Prize 2017 Shortlist
Learn: At the new Gold Coast City Libraries Luminary Lecture Series
Listen, RN Books and Arts: Ashley Hay talks A Hundred Small Lessons
Listen, RN Books and Arts: Artemis Cooper on Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence
Listen, RN Books Plus: Min Jin Lee on Pachinko
Listen, ABC’s Conversations: Storytelling: Scientists on mapping galaxies, black holes and divorce
Listen, ABC’s Conversations: Candice Fox: How to Raise A Crime Writer
#School Holidays: Reading & Writing Activities Across Queensland
Brisbane: brisbane.qld.gov.au
Bundaberg: bundabergregion.org
Cairns: cairns.qld.gov.au
Cape York Peninsula and Cook Shire: cooktownandcapeyork.com
Central Highlands: centralhighlands.qld.gov.au
Gladstone: gladstonelibraries.qld.gov.au
Gold Coast: goldcoast.qld.gov.au
Hope Vale: hopevale.qld.gov.au
Ipswich: library.ipswich.qld.gov.au
Logan: loganlibraries.org
Longreach: longreach.qld.gov.au
Mackay: mackay.qld.gov.au
Noosa: libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au
Rockhampton: rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au
Sunshine Coast: library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
Toowoomba: tr.qld.gov.au
Townsville: townsville.qld.gov.au