Creative Clunes awarded grant to travel to Paju Book City, South Korea
Creative Victoria has awarded a $12,000 grant to Creative Clunes for a delegation to travel from Clunes in Victoria to Paju Book City in South Korea to develop collaborative projects...
Tarneit library construction loses Federal Government funding
The Federal Government has pulled $1 million of funding from the construction of a new $6.95 million library in Tarneit in Victoria, reports the Herald Sun. The former Federal Labor Government announced...
Vic govt announces final round of Living Libraries funding
The Victorian Government has opened the fourth and final round of funding for its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program. The program gives Victorian councils and regional library corporations grants of up...
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New $9.5 million library opens in Bendigo A new public library opened in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo on 28 January. According to the ABC, the $9.5-million two-storey building features a...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Burial Rites (Hannah Kent, Picador) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard...
Vic govt announces more funds for Victorian public libraries
Libraries in Cobram, Gippsland and Tarneit are among the recipients of the Victorian Government’s third round of funding from its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Minister...
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Melton Library becomes first Australian library to receive Green Star rating The new Melton Library and Learning Hub in Victoria has been awarded a Green Star rating from the Green...
Vic govt announces recipients of third round of Living Libraries funding
The Victorian Government has announced the first recipients of the third round of funding from its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Minister for Local Government...
Victorian Independent Booksellers Network winds up; donates $48,000 to ILF
The Independent Booksellers Network (IBN) in Victoria officially closed at the end of 2012, more than 30 years after the cooperative of independent booksellers was first established. The IBN, which...
Poole leaves Writers Victoria
Writers Victoria has announced that director Roderick Poole has left the organisation. Poole finished in his position on 30 December 2012 after spending two-and-a-half years as director. He joined the organisation in 2010 and led...
Bookseller’s diary: Nicole Maher of Great Escape Books
The population of Aireys Inlet may be small in winter, but there’s plenty to keep bookseller Nicole Maher busy throughout the year. The owner of Great Escape Books and co-organiser...
Victorian Community History Awards announced
The Art of Being Melbourne by Maree Coote (Melbournestyle Books) has won the $5000 Victorian Community History Award, presented on 23 October at the National Gallery of Victoria. The History Publication...
Federal Government allocates funding for library projects in Benalla, Dandenong, Melton
The Federal Government has allocated funding from its Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF) to library projects in Benalla, Dandenong and Melton, all in Victoria. Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development,...
Vic govt announces funding for new libraries
The Victorian Government has continued to allocate funds to rebuild and renovate the state’s libraries as part of its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Several...
Arts Victoria 2012-13 funding applications open amid concerns about funding cuts
The Victorian Government has announced that applications are now open for Arts Victoria’s 2012-13 arts funding programs. Premier and Arts Minister Ted Baillieu said on 29 June that applications are...
Vic government announces library funding for Docklands, City Library, North Fitzroy, Ashburton, Ringwood and Whittlesea
Several funding announcements have been made in the past week as part of the second round of funding for the Victorian Government’s Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over...