EVENTS CALENDAR 2020
WEDNESDAYS @ ONE
A series of talks by well known and interesting South Australians, with the theme - Books in My Life.
Hetzel Theatre, Institute Building - 1pm to approx 2pm - First Wednesday of each month
Admission: $5 General / Students & FSLSA Members free
A series of talks by well known and interesting South Australians, with the theme - Books in My Life.
Hetzel Theatre, Institute Building - 1pm to approx 2pm - First Wednesday of each month
Admission: $5 General / Students & FSLSA Members free
POSTPONED
Wednesdays at One, 1 April 2020 at 1.00pm
Carolyn Spooner
Wednesdays at One, 1 April 2020 at 1.00pm
Carolyn Spooner
CAROLYN SPOONER is Community Learning Content Librarian at the State Library of South Australia, where she has worked in a variety of roles for some 40 years. As well as assisting researchers at the Information Desk and Telephone Enquiry Service, her main role is delivering learning programs for students and the general community, based on the Library’s mix of heritage collections and technology. Carolyn co-presents the Live and learn Friday lunchtime series of illustrated talks on Library collections, and is also presenting curator tours and talks on the Treasures Wall exhibition Heroes of the skies: the Smith Brothers and the Great Air Race of 1919 which runs until 5 April.
Carolyn has edited the promotional magazine of the State Library, the gazette of the Australian Croquet Association and the journal of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. She is a member of the Cricket Lovers Society of South Australia and the Australian Society for Sports History, and wrote the recent article on ‘Sport in the archives’ for Bibliofile. Carolyn is a regular contributor to the website Footy Almanac whose motto is ‘Sport. Write from the heart’. On the weekend Carolyn is kept busy in the garden and scrub of her Adelaide hills property, visiting exhibitions and collectables shops, and exploring historical suburbs and towns.
Carolyn has edited the promotional magazine of the State Library, the gazette of the Australian Croquet Association and the journal of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. She is a member of the Cricket Lovers Society of South Australia and the Australian Society for Sports History, and wrote the recent article on ‘Sport in the archives’ for Bibliofile. Carolyn is a regular contributor to the website Footy Almanac whose motto is ‘Sport. Write from the heart’. On the weekend Carolyn is kept busy in the garden and scrub of her Adelaide hills property, visiting exhibitions and collectables shops, and exploring historical suburbs and towns.
Literary Tour of Adelaide
Graeme Fanning (Down to Earth Tours)
This walking tour, designed at our request, creates a blend of our literary history, along with noted SA luminaries who had a marked impact in the literary world. There will be stops at important locations. Hear stories about our early literary influences such as Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Robert Gouger, Robert & Mary Thomas and Catherine Helen Spence, as well as some of our more contemporary writers such like Geoffrey Dutton, Max Harris, C J Dennis, Colin Thiele, Max Fatchen, Nancy Cato, Barbara Hanrahan and more. Approximately 6km in length with quite frequent stopping points where there will often be opportunities to sit down.
Date: Wednesday 15 April 2020
Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm
Cost: $25.00
Meet: Front of Institute Building, cnr Kintore Avenue & North Terrace
RSVP: Thursday 9 April 2020
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Date: Wednesday 15 April 2020
Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm
Cost: $25.00
Meet: Front of Institute Building, cnr Kintore Avenue & North Terrace
RSVP: Thursday 9 April 2020
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
