Entry to the following social functions is included in your registration fees:
1 December: Conference ‘Welcome’ – DELL Gallery, 6.00 pm arrival, QCA(S05), South Bank campus, 226 Grey St for canapés and drink/s (beer or wine).- 1 December (during ‘Welcome’ function): Book launch – Alison Young’s The Scene of Violence: Cinema, Crime, Affect (Routledge–Cavendish, 2009).
3 and 5 December: Poetry ready by MTC Cronin, 1.00 pm, Webb Centre (S02), Level 7, Foyer.- 4 December: 2008 LSA Conference papers launch by Managing Editor, Rocque Reynolds - Public Space, 12.45 pm, Webb Centre, S02, Level 7, Foyer.
Entry to the following is purchased separately at the time of registration:
3 December: Conference dinner – Alfresco @ Watt, 6.00 pm arrival, Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St, Lower Level, New Farm. Three course meal including entreé, main and dessert.- 3 December (during Conference dinner): Book launch – Rob McQueen’s A Social History of Company Law: Great Britain and the Australian Colonies 1854–1920 (Ashgate, 2009), 6.30 pm.
Drinks can be purchased by delegates at the indoor bar.- Dinner service will commence at 7.00 pm.
- Cost: $75.00 including GST (non refundable).
- Note: The City Cat departs the South Bank 1 terminal every 15 minutes for New Farm Park (see page 9 and 11 of the BCC timetable).
- Note: You may bring a guest to the Conference dinner however seating is limited.
- 4 December: Caro Mio Café jazz restaurant and bar – 6.00 pm arrival, 598 Stanley St, Woolloongabba. Three course meal.
- Cost: $37.50 incl. GST.
- Drinks can be purchased by delegates at the in–house bar.
- Note: The venue is a short walk from the Mater Hill Busway station.
- Note: Seating is limited to 35 people. Preference will be given to those moving onto the Family Nightclub after dinner.
- 4 December: Family Nightclub – 10.15 pm arrival, 8 McLachlan St, Fortitude Valley.
- Cost: $15.00 entry (tickets will be pre–purchased, which means no queuing).
- Drinks can be purchased by delegates at any of the in–house bars.
- Note: The venue is an approximate five minute walk from Fortitude Valley train station, through the Brunswick St Mall.
The following social functions are to paid at the venue/s, on the night; one bill per table: 
- 5 December: Conference closing drinks – Gerties Bar and Lounge, 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, 699 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley.
- Drinks can be purchased by delegates at the in–house bar.
5 December: Book launch – Fiona Kumari Campbell’s Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness (Palgrave–Macmillan, 2009), Continental Café, 8.00 pm, 21 Barker St, Fortitude Valley. Download a copy of the MP3 recording of Fiona’s launch (9.14MB).- 5 December: Dinner (following the book launch) – Select from the pre–arranged menu (PDF 56kb).
- Cost: $49.90 including GST.
- Note: The venue is a short walk, just around the corner from Gerties.
- Note: A small function room has been secured at the Continental Café; seating is limited to 30 people.