CBCA Children’s Book Week 18-24 August It’s not long now until the start of Children’s Book Week 2018. Each year across Australia, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children, families and books together celebrating CBCA Book Week. This year’s theme is “Find your treasure”. The First 5 Forever team are celebrating book week … Read more
Join in the fun with Children’s Book Week from 18 – 24 August, 2018 with the theme Find Your Treasure. Each year at this time across Australia, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children and books together for CBCA Book Week. Schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children will be celebrating Australian children’s … Read more
The annual Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) QLD mini conference aims to encourage first-time presenters to have a go, so if you have an idea and would like to see what it’s like to be standing up front at a conference why not submit a proposal? The ALIA QLD Mini Conference 2018 theme takes … Read more
National Family History Month is held in Australia every August. It’s celebrated with events that focus on genealogy, family history heraldry and related subjects and conducted across Australia and online. National Family History Month is an initiative of Australian Federation of Family History Organisations. Family history is one of the most popular hobbies around the … Read more
It’s on again! Australian Reading Hour is on Thursday 20 September 2018 and Australians across the country are encouraged to pick up a book and read for one hour. Read on your own or with children. The Reading Hour is intended to encourage young, lapsed and committed readers alike to escape, relax, learn and experience … Read more
National Reconciliation Week is 27 May – 3 June andReconciliation Australia invites all “Australians to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, to share that knowledge and help us grow as a nation”. This year’s theme Don’t Keep History A Mystery: Learn. Share. Grow encourages Australians to ask themselves what they … Read more
Participate in an online survey that seeks to explore and understand the professional development experiences and needs of public library staff. The online survey is estimated to take 20 minutes to complete. Your participation is completely anonymous and confidential. You will be asked to reflect upon your professional development experiences, including your capacity and motivations … Read more
The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is undertaking a project on behalf of the Queensland Museum and Inspiring Australia to establish an evaluation framework for Queensland STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) clubs. USQ are working to collect information about STEM clubs across the state to inform the project, and we’d like to hear about … Read more
Vision Australia invites public library colleagues across Australia to register for a free webinar on 18 April. Participants will learn how they can help you support readers who are blind, have low vision or have a print disability such as dyslexia. Join them as they chat about their collections and services including the free Vision … Read more
Morris Gleitzman has written nearly 40 books for young people, including Two Weeks with the Queen, Boy Overboard, Bumface, the Felix series and the Wicked series; and the Australian Children’s Literature Alliance has announced that he is the Australian Children’s Laureate for this year. The theme for Morris Gleitzman’s two-year term will be Stories Make Us – Stories Create … Read more
