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Magabala announces new partnership with State Library of Queensland

Magabala Books has announced a partnership with the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) to publish the winners of the kuril dhagun Indigenous writing fellowships.  Under the partnership, the w...

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BISG membership to maintain 'retailing perspective' following Cain's departureAn official from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Min...

Qld booksellers survive floods; Victorian situation worsens

Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter report QLD bookstores close in face of rising flood waters; QWC, SLQ and UQP also closed, the majority of bookstores in Queensland have survived the devastating f...

QLD bookstores close in face of rising flood waters; QWC, SLQ and UQP also closed

Bookstores in Queensland are among retail businesses that have been affected by the devastating floods currently sweeping across the state. The Weekly Book Newsletter understands that independent...

BWF 2011 program launched

The program for this year's Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs from 7 to 11 September, was released on 30 July. As previously reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter, Jonathan Franzen, Ann Pat...

SLQ awards announced

Historian, author and University of Queensland librarian Dr Jeff Rickertt has been awarded the 2010 State Library of Queensland John Oxley Fellowship, worth $20,000. The fellowship will assist his res...

Bligh announces new 'State of Writing' initiative: Qld Writers Centre to relocate

Queensland Premier and Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh last night announced a new initiative that will connect various literary organisations in the state. The initiative, A State of Writing, will &l...

Online music retailer eMusic adds audiobooks

 The suscription-based online music retailer eMusic has added audiobooks to its product offerings.  The retailer 'will begin selling thousands of audiobooks from Penguin, Random Ho...

Brisbane Writers Festival moves to new SLQ

The Brisbane Writers Festival has announced it will move to the newly transformed State Library of Queensland in 2007. ‘We are thrilled to work together with the State Library to bring the world...

New look State Library of Queensland

The new State Library of Queensland building at Brisbane's South Bank was opened to the public on 25 November.  The refurbished five-level building includes an ‘Infozone' with a wireless ar...

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