ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE- an Indigenous Human Library Event

Always was, Always Will Be

An Indigenous Human Library

Hosted by the Azure Beach Library

In theme with NAIDOC week, The Azure Library is proud to host this years human library "Always Was, Always Will Be"- a chance to sit down and engage with Indigenous peoples and to open a discussion without our community.

Within Australia, the harrowing effects and of imperialism, and colonization inflicted on Aboriginal and Torres has been a harrowing stain on this countries history, and still remains a present issue. With recent re-assessments of Australia Day, and an ever growing interest in Indigenous Rights, "Always Was, Always" will be invites willing participants to engage in dialogue with indigenous people, and to better understand the current issues that effect them.

Our event will be hosted in the Azure Room, at 44 Lighting Way, Azure Beach NSW 2100, at 11am on the 7th of July.

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Mother Tongues

 

Mother Tongues

Indigenous Literacy Day - Sept 9^th-10^th 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 9^th – Sunday 10^th 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 

First People, First Stories - a Human Living Library Event

When: Wednesday 7 September 2022, 3pm – 6pm

Where: Library Courtyard, Azure Beach Public Library

Bookings via Eventbrite 

 

Come and borrow a human book to learn from the stories of our Indigenous Australians. Celebrating Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Indigenous Literacy Day, Azure Beach Public Library will be hosting a Human Living Library event. This year Indigenous Literacy Day is all about Celebrating Stories, Cultures & Languages. Come along to the library, meet the people behind the stories and learn more about their life and culture.

Human Library Event at University of Essex via Flickr

Have you ever been so interested in a story that you want to ask the author or the main character questions as you go? Well, this is your chance to do so. Instead of borrowing a physical book from a shelf, a human living library event allows readers to borrow a person, who will tell you their story in a relaxed environment where you will be able to interact with the “book” and ask questions. This event will be a part of Azure Beach Public Library’s ongoing Human Living Library. Human Libraries are designed to facilitate the sharing of stories, breaking down barriers and forming connections. The Human Library is a global initiative that began in Copenhagen in the year 2000. Since the year 2000 more than 85 countries have published human books through this concept. All human books will be delivered by Indigenous Australians living in New South Wales.

 

For more information on Human Libraries please follow this link.

Our books will include:

 

Ancient artist in a Modern World by Jonathan Jones

Identity Online by Bronwyn Carlson

Our Mob, Our Stories by Bill Russell

Learning from Country, Our voice in education by Julie Welsh

Books will be able to be borrowed on the hour and half hour throughout this three-hour event. Ticket numbers are limited and children under 13 will need to be accompanied by an adult guardian. To see the times available and reserve a book, see First People, First Stories registration on our Eventbrite page. 

 

For more information contact Leanne Hill, Library Technician

leannehill@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

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Stories To Dream About

About this event

Azure Beach Library will be holding an event aimed at sharing the stories and cultural beliefs of the indigenous peoples of our land to the local community, this event is a human library where people can borrow other people who will then tell their cultures stories to the patron who borrowed them.

What's a human library

A human library is a name for a program where people borrow other people instead of books, and instead of reading books for a story, the people (books) instead tell you either a story from their life or a story about their people or culture

Event times and location

This event will be held during Naidoc week and be held for once a week during the month of July on a Tuesday on the

5th of July

12th of July

19th of July

26th of July

between 9:00 and 12:00 for the month of July

This event will be held in the library café' in the booths reserved for this event

This event can be booked in either in person at the front desk or by emailing the library with your name and contact information and session that you would like to join (the session days for this event will be posted in the library board and on the Facebook page of the library), bookings for this event are free but numbers are limited to 20

#Naidoc     #CulturalAwarness

For more information about the content of this event please visit https://www.naidoc.org.au/

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Erik Erkkila