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Holiday Book and Author Events

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Events for the kids: Where the Wild Things Are Book Store

MATT STANTON – FUNNY KID!
Friday 29 November 2019 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM Where the Wild Things Are
Register until 29 November 2019 5:30 PM
WONDER CLUB: CATCH A FALLING STAR (10 -13 YRS)
Friday 06 December 2019 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where the Wild Things Are
Register until 06 December 2019 3:00 PM

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DIY CRACKERS – CREATIVE CHRISTMAS
Saturday 14 December 2019 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Where the Wild Things Are
Christmas Cracker Ticket $15.00 Tickets available until 14 December 2019 1:30 AM
KINDNESS STORYTIME WITH SOPHIE BEER
Monday 16 December 2019 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM Where the Wild Things Are
Kindness Ticket $0.00, Kindness Makes us Strong Book $16.99,
Love Makes a Family Book $16.99, Book (Kindness Makes Us Strong) $16.99
Tickets available until 16 December 2019 9:00 AM
CREATIVE CHRISTMAS – DIY CARDS AND WRAPPING PAPER
Tuesday 17 December 2019 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Where the Wild Things Are
DIY Cards and Wrapping Paper $15.00 Tickets available until 17 December 2019 1:45 PM
CHRISTMAS HIGH TEA
Wednesday 18 December 2019 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Where the Wild Things Are
Christmas High Tea Ticket $30.00 Tickets available until 21 November 2019 1:24 PM

Events for Parents: Riverbend Book Store

6 DEC 6.30PM – SUMMER BOOKCHAT

11 DEC 6.30PM – SUMMER BOOKCHAT $ 10.00

Get your summer reading book stack sorted! Our Christmas book chats are a highlight of the year! Be sure to come along for a fabulous evening to sort out your reading list for the summer. Suzy Wilson and the Riverbend crew will be discussing their favourite books from 2019, and what to look out for in the coming months. Tickets include a drink and 10% off all the recommended titles. Seats at the Summer Book chats are always in high demand so be sure to book in quickly!

29 NOV 6.30PM – LAUNCH NEVER SAY DIE FREE

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The inspirational story of the past, present and future of Australian women’s football – its players, fans and the game they love. Join us for the launch of Never Say Die: The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football with Authors Lee McGowan and Fiona Crawford at 6.30pm on Friday 29th November. Australian women’s football rides high on the sporting landscape now, but this book shows that success has been one-hundred years in the making. It shares stories of triumph in the face of overwhelming odds, and tales of heartbreak and obstacles that seem insurmountable. But it is also about community, endurance and collective success. Eye-opening and celebratory, it tells the story of amateur women kicking a ball around a century ago to Australia’s national team being one of the best in the world. The Matildas are forty years old and no longer have to wear hand-me-down men’s kits, pay for their own medical insurance and do it all for love not money. But there have been no free kicks along the way as they have faced prejudice and even outright hostility. Never Say Die takes in dusty archives, rainy pitch-side evenings and heart-breaking and heart-warming interviews — including with FIFA and FFA board members, Matildas past and present, W-League coaches and players, state and club administrators. But at its heart are fans from every level of the game who could not love it more.


7 DEC 6PM – THE BETOOTA ADVOCATE $20.00 CLICK ON THE LINK TO BOOK!

https://riverbendbooks.com.au/events/yiolzx8rrdf7zv1nlfcfimjbwc9a77

It’s been a tough few years. We’ve had three prime ministers in four years, a scandalous ball-tampering scandal, our own #Metoo moments (Defamation laws apply*), the Murray-Darling fish kills and, worst of all, the cancellation of both the NRL and AFL footy shows. Join us on Saturday 7th December at 6.00pm at The Outpost in Fortitude Valley, as Clancy Overell and Errol Parker from The Betoota Advocate, along with Pip Courtney from the ABC’s Landline, take us on the nation’s journey through chaos and confusion, to the start of a new era via their new book, How Good’s Australia. Join Australia’s most trusted newspaper from the remote but vibrant town of Betoota, as we detail the last four years in news – how bad things got, and how lucky we, as a nation, have been to survive it all.

SPECULATIVE FICTION BOOKCHAT WITH CHLOE $10.00

December 13th, 6:30pm, at Riverbend. Our Christmas book chats are a highlight of the year. Be sure to come along for a fabulous evening to sort out your reading list for the summer. Chloe is the convener of our new Down the Rabbit Hole Book Club and specialises in everything weird and wonderful. If you love fantasy, science fiction, or literary magical realism, this is the book chat for you! Tickets include a drink and 10% off all the recommended titles.

Events for the family: QPAC and QUT Gardens Theatre

THE MIDNIGHT GANG
A play by Maryam Master based on the bestselling novel by David Walliams
Twelve year old Tom unexpectedly finds himself lonely and lost in the children’s ward of St Crook’s Hospital, away from his family and at the mercy of evil Matron. Tom feels like he’ll never leave, but his fellow young patients have other ideas. They might be stuck in hospital, but their imaginations can take them anywhere as The Midnight Gang. Each night when the clock strikes midnight, The Midnight Gang go on a series of amazing journeys as they turn the hospital into the places they’ve always wanted to go and make dreams come true.
The team behind The 13-, 26- 52- 78- and 91-Storey Treehouses, Mr Stink and Billionaire Boy, bring David Walliams’ bestselling book to life on stage in a celebration of friendship, love and the power of the imagination for children 6+ and their families.
Performances 12th Dec – 21st Dec
FANTASTIC MR FOX ROALD DAHL’S CLASSIC RETURNS THESE SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS!
Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox returns to QPAC to delight and dazzle audiences of all ages these summer holidays thanks to award-winning theatre company – shake & stir theatre co. Following a smash hit, sold out season in 2019, Dahl’s much-loved Fox leaps off the page (and all around the stage) in this mind-blowing, visually stunning production. No one outfoxes a fox, especially not the horrible and greedy farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean – one fat, one short, one lean. When Mr Fox needs to save his family and friends, he’ll go to any length (above or underground) to outwit the mean humans. Join Mr Fox and his team of furry friends as they bounce, burrow and bewilder their way to safety. Packed with Dahlicious mischief, hilarious mayhem, and humongous belly laughs, Fantastic Mr Fox is the perfect holiday tail for the whole clan. You’ve read the book and seen the movie – now chase your tail all the way to the theatre and experience this critically-acclaimed stage adaptation from the wacky mind of the world’s No. 1 Storyteller firsthand. You won’t believe your eyes. ROALD DAHL’S Fantastic Mr Fox Adapted for the stage by shake & stir theatre co 9 to 18 Jan 2020
A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY CHARLES DICKENS
Adapted and created by shake & stir theatre co Following its sell-out world premiere in December 2018, shake & stir’s award-winning production of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of compassion and forgiveness returns this Christmas, and is set to become an annual tradition cherished by families for years to come. It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is spending his night like every other – hunched over his coals, counting his fortune and cursing the happiness of others – until a few unexpected visitors come knocking on his door… Starring acclaimed Brisbane actor Eugene Gilfedder as Scrooge, and featuring live music, yule-tide carolling, innovative video design, lavish costumes and, of course, snow, A Christmas Carol is a large-scale, visual feast to set your spirits soaring! 29 Nov to 15 Dec 2019

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