Bookings Now OPEN - Friday 23 October 2026!
Session 1: Amy Doak - Keynote Speaker
Session 2: Lizzy Dixon - Strengthening School Libraries Through Family and Community Involvement
Session 3: Gabrielle Mace - Building Your School's Literacy Ecosystem
Session 4: Charlotte Barkla - Turning Pages, Travelling through Time
Keynote Speaker
Amy Doak writes mysteries filled with action, adventure, fun and heart. Her debut Young Adult novel Eleanor Jones is not a Murderer won the 2024 Davitt Award for Best Crime Novel; was a CBCA 2024 notable; and was shortlisted for both the 2024 ABIA Awards Books of the Year for Older Readers, and for the 2024 Davitt Awards Best Debut Crime Novel. The third novel in the Eleanor Jones series, Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire won the 2026 Indie Book Award in the Young Adult category, and is a CBCA 2026 notable.
Amy lives in regional Victoria with her husband, two teenage children and a very grumpy cat.
Strengthening School Libraries Through Family and Community Involvement
What does it look like when a school library becomes the heartbeat of an entire community? In this session, Lizzy Dixon shares how she has transformed her school library into a dynamic hub for families, students, and the wider community. From playgroup programs and kindergarten partnerships to family book clubs and pre-prep transition initiatives, Lizzy will explore the practical strategies she has used to build belonging, strengthen school readiness, and embed the library as an indispensable part of school life. Whether you're looking to deepen community connections or expand the reach of your library program, this session offers inspiration and actionable ideas you can take back to your own context.
Building Your School's Literacy Ecosystem
An independent literacy consultant at ProReading Solutions, Gabrielle specialises in whole-school approaches to reading culture and literacy development. Her work focuses on designing literacy ecosystems: frameworks where leadership, curriculum, library, and student identity align to support deep, sustained reading and thinking.
Drawing on her work with The Reading Revolution and the long-running Just Read initiative, Gabrielle helps schools move beyond fragmented literacy efforts toward coherent, embedded practice.
Photo by Kate Dyer
Turning Pages, Travelling through Time
Story can be a powerful tool for fostering a love of history.
In this talk, author Charlotte Barkla shares how she researched and wrote a historical fiction series, 11 Ruby Road, set in Brisbane in the early 20th century. Charlotte will discuss an author’s delicate balance of fact and fiction and her process for bringing history to life for young audiences.
Participants will leave equipped with practical tools for incorporating history in their classrooms and libraries, and empowered to nurture a love of history in the next generation.
Charlotte Barkla is a Brisbane-based author, teacher and international speaker. Her books include Let's Try Again Another Day, the 11 Ruby Road historical fiction series, All Bodies are Good Bodies, the Edie’s Experiments series, Robo-Teacher and From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes.
Charlotte’s books have been translated in multiple languages and short-listed for awards, including the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature. As well as writing for children, Charlotte has written feature articles for publications including AEU News, Create Digital, Beanz Magazine and Double Helix. She regularly speaks at schools, libraries and festivals, sharing her passion for creativity and stories with children of all ages.
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We can’t wait to share what we have planned for this year’s conference and look forward to welcoming library professionals from across Queensland and beyond.
QSLA Future Libraries Sponsors 2026
At QSLA, we are incredibly grateful for the generous support of our conference sponsors. We would like to thank our sponsors for their vision, enthusiasm, and support! Their logos below represent not only their commitment to our cause but also their dedication to shaping the future of libraries.
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QSLA Members $135 plus a 50c booking fee
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$40 per session for QSLA members, or $135 for the entire conference (all 4 sessions).
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