Dromkeen collection to move to SLV
Scholastic Australia has announced that the collection of children's picture book artwork and illustrations at the Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art will move to the State Library of Victoria (SLV)...
Roberts appointed SLV CEO
The State Library of Victoria's has announced the appointment of Sue Roberts as its new CEO and state librarian.Roberts, who has 15 years' experience in strategic library leadership in the UK and...
2011 Inky Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2011 Inky Awards were announced on Tuesday 25 October. The Gold Inky (Australian books) was awarded to James Moloney for Silvermay (HarperVoyager). The Silver Inky (international...
2011 Inky Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2011 Inky Awards were announced on Tuesday 25 October. The Gold Inky (Australian books) was awarded to James Moloney for Silvermay (HarperVoyager). The Silver Inky (international...
2011 Inky shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Inky Awards for teenage literature has been announced. The shortlisted Australian titles for the Gold Inky are:Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)This is Shyness (Leanne...
2011 Inky shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Inky Awards for teenage literature has been announced. The shortlisted Australian titles for the Gold Inky are:Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)This is Shyness (Leanne...
2011 SLV Creative Fellowships announced
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2011 Creative Fellowships. The $20,000 Redmond Barry Fellowship has been awarded to Jim Davidson. Davidson will use the...
Victorian Young Readers Program to end this month
The Victorian Government's Young Readers Program will end this month after funding for the program was not renewed in the recent state budget. The Young Readers Program is a partnership...
New website, staff changes at Inside A Dog
The State Library of Victoria's Centre for Youth Literature (CYL) will re-launch the Inside A Dog website in March. The website will feature new member-run book clubs as well as...
2010 Inky Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Inky Awards have been announced. The Gold Inky (Australian books) was awarded to Lucy Christopher for Stolen (Chicken House). Maggie Stiefvater is the recipient of...
2010 Inky Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Inky Awards have been announced. The Gold Inky (Australian books) was awarded to Lucy Christopher for Stolen (Chicken House). Maggie Stiefvater is the recipient of...
In brief
Flynn appointed ‘ABR' fiction editor Chris Flynn has been appointed the first fiction editor of the Australian Book Review (ABR). Flynn is also co-judge, with the magazine's editor Peter Rose,...
Readings to launch bigger store at the State Library of Victoria
A new Readings bookstore will be launched at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) in Melbourne in November. The new store, which will be approximately 70sqm in size, will replace the...
2010 SLV Creative Fellowships announced
The recipients of the 2010 State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowships have been announced.The recipients were: Luke Beesley, who is researching a manuscript of poems and drawings based on research...
The Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas creates literary database
The newly created Centre for Books Writing and Ideas together with the Victorian Writers Centre, is asking Victorian booksellers and publishers to contribute to a database of literary activity in Victoria. The...
Inky Awards–longlist announced
The longlist for the third annual Inky Awards has been announced by the State Library of Victoria's Centre for Youth Literature, via its youth reading website insideadog.com.au. The Inkys are Australia's...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009 shortlist announced
Arts Minister Lynne Kosky announced the shortlisted titles for the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award on Monday 10 August. ‘This year's shortlist features both established and emerging writers across all...
Quote of the week
'For writers themselves, they really do crave a place where they can go and meet and talk and be pulled out of isolation. That's why the bar's going to be...
In brief
Readings to open at SLVAs reported in a WBN special bulletin last week, Readings Books, Music & Film announced that it is to open a bookshop in the foyer of...
Readings to open at SLV
Readings Books, Music & Film announced yesterday that it is to open a bookshop in the foyer of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on Friday 24 April. The shop...