An almost capacity crowd attended the first Friends of Fryer event for 2013, "Antarctica: Bravery in the landscape" last week.

The panel discussion, hosted in conjunction with the UQ Art Museum, focused on the artwork of Linde Ivimey. In particular, her sculptures of ice warrior figures, which are a striking feature of the Art Museum's current exhibition "If Pain Persists… Linde Ivimey Sculpture".

The 2012 Friends of Fryer Christmas event struck a high note, with over fifty guests attending to hear Professor Peter Roennfeldt speak about his new book Northern Lyrebird: The contribution to Queensland's Music by its Conservatorium 1957-2007.

Fryer Library was delighted to recently add to its collection a silk theatre handbill. With black print on cream silk and a fringed edging, it is a very early example of this genre in Brisbane.

In conjunction with the Brisbane Writers Festival, on 7 September the University of Queensland Library hosted authors Drusilla Modjeska and Jon Doust in a discussion chaired by Professor <a href="http://www.brisbanew

The latest issue of Fryer Folios has just been published. Focusing on Stradbroke Island, articles include:

At the recent Friends of Fryer event on Tuesday the 14th of August, an informative panel gathered to discuss histories of Women's Writing at the University of Queensland Press.