Mother Tongues
Indigenous Literacy Day - Sept 9th-10th
2023
About the event
Azure Beach Library is celebrating
Indigenous Literacy Day with a two-day event solely focussed on indigenous culture. We are offering members of the public the
opportunity to come on site and speak to our “Human Book” officials about
Literacy within Indigenous Australian culture.
Our focus
The importance of harnessing communication
and delivering empowerment to Indigenous Australians by having members of the
community act as key experienced speakers delivering their historical impact on
art and culture through the form of storytelling. This event marks an important
time to delve into the ethos of a rich history whilst paving way for further
representation for the future.
Human Books
We will have four Human Books on site over
the weekend. Members of the public are
encouraged to come on site and request to speak to any individual (for free) for
one to one or group meetings to discuss Art, Writing, History and Storytelling.
Two of the Human Library team are offering to speak with their native tongue as
part of the interactive experience.
Interpreters will be available for these experiences should anyone wish
it.
Our aim
The human library experience we hope will
have a “Pay it forward” approach so that interactions with the human libraries
will provide potential and confidence in others to take part and go on to become
the writers that we hear from in the future.
We hope that people enjoy this interactive
and celebratory event bringing focus to the community and sharing all of their
potential as storytellers.
Booking
This event is free but be advised that it is
worth booking a ticket that guarantees you entry through the door with us as we
have limited space on site. Contact us at Booking@azurebeachlibrary.gov.au
to claim your spot!
As we want this to be as an interactive
venture – it is not possible to book any of our Human libraries in advance of
the event.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
Details
Location: Azure
Beach Library, Beach Road, Fakesville, NSW.
Dates: Saturday
9th – Sunday 10th September 2023.
Opening times: 9am – 4pm both days!
Facilities: Car
parking and wheel chair access available.
Contact us:
Bookings: Booking@azurebeachlibrary.gov.au
Front Desk queries: 020 5895 6547
Email: Info@azurebeachlibrary.gov.au
Useful links:
Human Library Website: https://humanlibrary.org/
State Library Indigenous Spaces: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/public-library-services/services/indigenous-spaces/welcome-indigenous-peoples-your-library
STEVEN HURST
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