Join us on International Women’s Day 2023 when the library receives a selection of books to kickstart its collection of plays and works by Australian women dramatists. There will be readings; there will be food; there will be drinks; there will be good times to be had by all.
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Storytime at The Women’s Library
Calling all story lovers under five! Come to The Women’s Library in Newtown for Storytime with Cynthia Ning. Our next Storytime is planned for Sunday 16 April at… Read more “Storytime at The Women’s Library”
January 2022 Film Club
Sunday 30 January : My Tehran For Sale (2009) Directed by: Granaz Moussavi, Iran / Australia My Tehran for Sale is a groundbreaking film, revealing fresh truths behind… Read more “January 2022 Film Club”
Their Finest in December
Their Finest is the final film for 2021. Adapted by Gaby Chiappe from Lissa Evans’ novel, “Their Finest Hour and a Half”, The Finest has a wonderful crew… Read more “Their Finest in December”
November Film Club
Sunday 28 November: Binti (2019) Directed by: Frederike Migom, Belgium Twelve-year-old Binti dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana. But when the police raid… Read more “November Film Club”
Women Unsilenced Book Launch
Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald spent twenty-eight years developing ways of offering care and healing to women who, as children and or as adults, survived being tortured,… Read more “Women Unsilenced Book Launch”
The Female Eunuch in Our Time
The October reading for the Feminist Classics Book Club is The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer, first published in 1970. Join us for what is sure to… Read more “The Female Eunuch in Our Time”
October Film Club
The Women’s Library Film Club has three films under discussion in October. The directors this month are Andrea Arnold, Sophie Hyde, and Mounia Meddour from the UK,… Read more “October Film Club”
The Second Sex
The August and September reading for the Feminist Classics Book Club is The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir, published in French in 1949 as Le Deuxième… Read more “The Second Sex”
Films for August
Sunday 8 August: Dark Whispers Volume 1 (2019) on SBS on Demand Directors: Angie Black, Jub Clerc, Lucy Gouldthorpe, Katrina Irawati Graham, Janine Hewitt, Briony Kidd, Isabel… Read more “Films for August”