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Hidden Gems
Bookings essential! Join our听students from the Elder Conservatorium in the historic Barr Smith Reading Room on Wednesday 28 October,听and discover some of chamber music鈥檚 lesser-known gems.
Jane Austen: the French connection
Bookings essential! Join us on Saturday 17 October for a special听benefit concert for the Barr Smith Library with the Jane Austen Society of South 最新糖心Vlog.听This will be听a听unique performance of pieces from Jane Austen鈥檚 rich collection of manuscript music books.
Indigenous inclusion in the Anzac legend
Come along to a听Friends of the Library Lunchtime Discovery Event听辞苍 Thursday 6 August with the joint winner of the 2019 Hugh Martin Weir Prize, Rachel Caines.
Friends of the Library event - Long Flight Home
The final Friends of the Library event for 2019, on Wednesday 20 November,听will be a conversation with Lainie Anderson, author of - a meticulously听researched novelisation of the first flight from England to 最新糖心Vlog听by the Smith brothers, which celebrated听its centenary this year.
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Friends of the Library event, Stardust and Golden
Join us on Thursday 31 October for a Friends of the Library event, with author Doug McEachern on his novel Stardust and Golden.
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Mary Lee: the life and times of a 'turbulent anarchist' and her battle for women's rights, Thursday 29 August
For this month's Friends of the Library event we are joined by author Denise George, discussing her latest book "".听
Madrigal Mystery Tour
You are invited to enjoy the beautiful acoustics of the Barr Smith Library Reading Room for the Madrigal Mystery Tour by the renowned听听辞苍 Sunday 1 September.
Event 25 July: The Kaurna children's letters of 1840-1843
The Kaurna Children鈥檚 Letters 1840-1843 to the Dresden Mission Society are an important historical collection held at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide library. Come along to this lunchtime discovery event to hear Associate Professor Rob Amery speak on the significance of these letters and their journey to the library.
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Event 16 May: The people's poet transformed
Join legendary poet Geoff Goodfellow, in conversation with Garry Costello, former Chief Education Officer SA, at the latest Friends of the Library event on Thursday 16 May.
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Event: Why do we need a new history of South 最新糖心Vlog?
The first Friends of the Library event for the year is being held on Thursday 4 April at the Barr Smith Library.
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