David Diop has won the International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood Is Black, with the judges saying 'its incantatory prose and dark, brilliant vision jangled our emotions and blew our minds.' bit.ly/3fKVVxJ

With the weekend upon us it's time for a song! 📕🎶 This ditty by The Grubby Urchins puts a library twist on the old #SeaShanty. Author Mark Dapin recently helped to shed some light on the sudden popularity of sea shanties for #Openbook. Learn why here: ow.ly/vCrc50F2GtZ

#poems left outside the #library. Students and staff could pick one up then come in and read one during our open mic. #ghsreads

What an exciting initiative! Ipswich, QLD opens Australia's first dedicated children's library for children from birth through to age 12. The library has more than 35,000 items, innovative technology & digital experiences, & two life-sized dinosaurs! ipswichfirst.com.au/ipswich-opens-…

Wow. France's version of Dine & Discover is focused on arts and culture, giving €300 ($485 AUD) to every 18-year-old for cultural purchases. Think: books, LPs, musical instruments, movie tickets, concerts, exhibits, art classes. And, of course, comics. nytimes.com/2021/07/28/art…

🎉 The shortlist for the #NSWPHA Young People’s History Prize ($15,000). Congratulations to Kaye Baillie and Fiona Burrows, Archie Roach and Lorraine Marwood. Read judges’ comments: sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/young-p…

In case anyone needed a reminder: this article is a lovely, positive reinforcement of the healing power of reading and the valuable role librarians have in connecting students with books. #reading #librarians #love theconversation.com/books-offer-a-…

The winner of our 2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime is … Stalking Claremont by Bret Christian.

The winner of our 2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction is … The Second Son by Loraine Peck. congratulations Loraine Peck

The 2021 #NationalBiographyAward winner is @casspybus for ‘Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse’ (Allen & Unwin). #NatBioAward

“This prize means the world to me,” says @casspybus. “It is so important for us to recover the lives of the people who’ve been written out of the story, who’ve been submerged by the historical record.” #NatBioAward Allen & Unwin

2021 Australian History Prize is awarded to ‘People of the River: Lost Worlds of Early Australia’ by @GraceKarskens (@allenandunwin). #NSWPHA #HistoryWeek2021 Read judges’ comments: sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/austral…

“Writing is something that you wrestle with. It’s something that possesses you utterly... ‘People of the River’ absolutely obsessed me and had me entranced for at least a decade,” said @GraceKarskens. #NSWPHA #HistoryWeek2021 Allen & Unwin

They say the gunman acted alone. HE DID NOT! An entire culture colluded with him. #TexasSchoolShooting

Wild that my picture book was banned and confiscated at a primary school in Texas, but assault weapons aren’t. Just absolutely devastating. My thoughts are with the families and community involved, and those poor children.😞

If you think scrapping #COVID #isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again Nancy Baxter MD PhD Prof Brendan Crabb theconversation.com/if-you-think-s… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

This will be fabulous! Two super smart women taking care of business

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