PEARL COVE LIBRARY BLOG

Family Fact Festival

- Celebrating Families!

Date: Thursday 29th of October.

Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm.

Location: Pearl Cove Library, Courtyard.

Booking Information: Tickets available on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/ (limited numbers)

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by phoning Pearl Cove Library on 9546 7834.

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Come and visit us in person @Pearl Cove Library.

Event Info: The human living library event celebrating families is a family based event focusing on the diverse range and definition of families. 

The purpose of this event is to introduce Pearl Cove residents to locals and representatives from local organisations to answer questions and share their experiences. Come and meet the local treasures on our doorstep!

Visiting a Human Library gives borrowers the opportunity to choose a “book” from a range of titles and they  borrower can “read” that “book” to find out about their chosen book’s topic.

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​The key difference is that a Human Library “books” are people. "Reading” in a Human Library is a conversation between a Reader and their Human Book.  Human Books offer an interactive experience in that the conversation goes where the Reader wants it to go.

The human “books” available for loan represent or have real life experience or professional credentials in dealing with issues facing real families.

For more information on the "Human Library" concept:

https://www.humanlibraryaus.org/about

The human books available for loan are;

* Dr June Oscar AO, 2018 NAIDOC Person of the Year.

* Anne Hollonds, AIFS (Australia Institute of Family Studies) Director.

* Emily Lively, Speech Pathologist and Director of Lively Eaters Feeding Services.

* George Megalogenis, Author and Journalist- Speaking Out (family services).

All on site to answer your questions one on one!

Issues addressed are Indigenous families, families dealing with medical issues and or crisis; grandparents as parents, refugee families, single parents as well as representatives from financial and counselling organisations.

Link to relationships Australia offering additional information of family counselling services, mediation and family and relationship skills courses.

https://www.relationships.org.au/

~ Caitlin Saad.