Kwinana Book Club: Community Connections & Creating Change

Kwinana Public Library is bringing together curious minds to read, watch, and listen to authors, poets, artists, and creatives to advance our understanding and actions for a better world.

This is the second of six sessions, with the book club spanning the course of a year. Each session will be facilitated by the Climate Justice Union and have a different theme to align with each of the Noongar Seasons. There is no expectation to attend every session, you are welcome to attend as many of the sessions as you wish.

Unlike some book clubs and reading groups we will approach these gatherings similar to a meal with friends. There are starters, mains, and dessert to choose from.
You can read/watch/listen to one resource, but you are welcome to consume them all, as well as make your own suggestions for content to include.

The Bunuru session theme is Barriers and Biases.

Suggested materials to choose from are:

Starters:

• Noongar seasons: Bunuru - ABC News – Watch the 4-minute video.
• Spirals exist in nature and have always been here – Poem by Rae White.
• Data Bias in a World Designed For Men – Watch the 19-minute video.
• The End of Bias: How we change our minds by Jessica Nordell - Read the introduction chapter

Mains:

• Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman – Available as Book and eAudiobook.
• Whose Story is This? : Old conflicts, new chapters by Rebecca Solnit – Available as eAudiobook.

Desserts:

• 10 Principles of Disability Justice – Watch the 13-minute video or read the written 10 principles.
• Long COVID Is Being Erased—Again - Published by The Atlantic.
• ‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages – Published by the Guardian.

Please contact us if you have questions about accessing any of these materials.

These sessions are suitable for adults and youth comfortable in adult environments.

Register online, or call or email us for help with registrations.

Kwinana Public Library
Wednesday 18 February
5.30pm to 7pm
The venue will be open from 5.30pm for yarning and a cuppa, please feel free to bring snacks to share.

For program queries please contact programs@kwinana.wa.gov.au or 9236 4300.

If you have any questions about program accessibility or accommodations, we're happy to help. Accommodations for this program can include:

• Flexible seating.
• Options to choose from a range of materials such as print books, audio, and video.
• Visit to the Library before the program to see the space and walk through what to expect from the program.
• Providing input verbally or in writing - communication preferences can be discussed with the facilitators before the program.