Latest ArtsACT grant recipients announced
ArtsACT has announced the successful recipients of its Homefront funding round, which was developed to support individual artists in response to the impact of Covid-19 on the arts sector. Funding...
Canberra’s Noted writers’ festival launches program
Canberra’s ‘experimental’ writers’ festival Noted has launched its first program.The program is divided into three streams—live, digital and professional development—and features a range of emerging writers and artists.The live stream...
Political memoir, film tie-ins among most borrowed books in ACT libraries
Bob Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister (UNSW Press) was among the most borrowed books from ACT libraries in 2014, reports the Canberra Times. Other popular titles at ACT libraries...
ACT Writing and Publishing Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards were announced on 16 December.The awards, which are administered by the ACT Writers Centre, recognise writing by authors from the...
Govt to consolidate back-office functions of NLA and other collecting organisations
The Federal Government has outlined its plans to consolidate the back-office functions of Canberra-based collecting organisations including the National Library of Australia (NLA) in the 2014-15 Budget. In a section...
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ACT to close mobile-library serviceCanberra’s mobile-library service will cease operations in July due to a decline in borrowing, reports the Canberra Times. The ACT Government flagged cuts to the service...
ACT Book of the Year Award 2013 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2013 Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Canberra (Paul Daley, NewSouth) Island Earth: New and Selected Poems...
‘The Rosie Project’ tops most-requested list at Libraries ACT in 2013
Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project (Text) was the most-requested book at public libraries in the Australian Capital Territory in 2013, reports Fairfax. The five most-requested books from Libraries ACT branches were: The...
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ALIA contributes to proposal to establish local Network of Emerging Library Innovators The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that it is contributing to a proposal to establish a...
ACT Poetry Prize 2013 winner announced
Canberra-based author Lesley Lebkowicz has won the 2013 ACT Poetry Prize. Lebkowicz’s poem ‘Inside’ was chosen from 128 entries to win the annual award, which carries a cash prize of...
Gammage wins 2012 ACT Book of the Year Award
Bill Gammage has won the 2012 Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award for The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (A&U). Gammage’s book was selected from...
2012 COOL Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2012 Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture Storybooks: The Terrible Plop (Ursula Dubosarsky & Andrew Joyner, Viking) Fiction...
‘Canberra Times’ confirms loss of literary editor position; some local book content to remain
The Canberra Times has confirmed that the position of literary editor has been cut, as previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher. However, editor Rod Quinn told Bookseller+Publisher that the paper would continue to...
‘Canberra Times’ cuts literary and arts positions; books pages to be sourced from Melbourne, Sydney
Canberra Times literary editor Gia Metherell and arts editor Diana Streak are reported to be ‘negotiating their futures’ at the newspaper after learning that their positions have been axed, reports...
ACT libraries waive overdue fines
As of 1 July, all outstanding fines for ACT library members have been removed, and library members will no longer be fined for items up to 28 days overdue, Libraries...
New location for the Book Grocer in Kingston, ACT
The Book Grocer in Kingston, ACT has moved a few doors down from its old store to take up bigger premises. The new store is located at Shop 2, 1-11...
Paperchain Bookstore Manuka buys Batemans Bay store
The owners of independent bookstore Paperchain in Manuka, Canberra, have recently purchased the Bay Bookshop in Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast. Maxeme and Roger Tall, who have purchased the...
2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced
The winners of this year's Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award and Judith Wright Prize were announced over the weekend. The 2010 ACT Book of the Year Award...
Changes to public holiday trading in VIC and ACT
The newly elected Victorian Liberal National Coalition Government is likely to remove the ban on Easter Sunday trading in the state. In a statement released during the recent Victorian state...
ACT Book of the Year Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's ACT Book of the Year Awards has been announced. Twenty-three nominations were received for the $10,000 award, which recognises ‘excellence in quality contemporary literary works...