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".

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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.

Last Friday the University of Queensland formally accepted a gift of over $3million from the T.B. Sailors', Soldiers' & Airmen's Association of Queensland. The recently disbanded Association has donated its assets to UQ's Centre for Military and Veterans' Health for ongoing research of tuberculosis, and the Association's historical records are now part of the Fryer Library collection. The records have been catalogued as a lasting legacy of the organisation's contribution to supporting veterans with TB.

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:

UQ Library and the Friends of Fryer hosted National Year of Reading Ambassador Nick Earls on 8 August.

Our new University Librarian, American Robert Gerrity opened the event, mentioning Earls's new book Welcome to Normal as a timely supplement to his current list of must-read Australian literature.

As the special collections library at the University of Queensland, Fryer provides access to materials, which can't always make the digital leap. Our diverse library collections include rare books, original manuscripts, primary historical documents, architectural plans and art works.

Brisbane author and National Year of Reading 2012 Ambassador Nick Earls will visit UQ on Wednesday 8 August to talk about his latest book, "Welcome to Normal".

New researchers and RHDs you may be interested in the following 'Research Week events.