2018 Inky Award longlist announced; teen judges invited to apply
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The longlist for the 2018 Inky Awards, Australia’s national teen choice awards for young adult literature, has been announced today.
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Keith Kings Public Transport Collection
The Library has received a large donation of material documenting Victoria’s public transport, featuring some wonderful photographs of decorated trams.
Books came to life at White Night Melbourne
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Books came to life at State Library Victoria for White Night Melbourne.
State Library Victoria brings books to life for White Night Melbourne
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State Library Victoria will once again open its doors after dark for the sixth annual White Night Melbourne.
#CreateArtHistory at White Night Melbourne
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We’re turning the Library façade into a canvas for White Night Melbourne.
State Library Victoria calls for 2018 Fellowship applications
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Applications are now open for State Library Victoria’s prestigious annual fellowships program, with a new specialist fellowship for Victorian Aboriginal researchers offered from 2018.
Announcing a new prize for short story collections
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Australian short story publisher Spineless Wonders has partnered with online publishing platform Tablo, State Library Victoria and Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund to create a new award for writers of short story collections.
Digitising and cataloguing 11,000 works on paper
Recently the Library finished digitising 11,000 works from the collection – the result of a complex combination of research, cataloguing, scanning and photography before the works finally appear online.
Winning artworks unveiled as State Library Victoria and Redbubble create art history
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State Library Victoria partnered with global creative marketplace Redbubble in the unique art initiative to open the Library’s vast digital collection to more people, and encourage them to explore it.
Erica Wagner Awarded the Dromkeen Medal For Children’s Literature
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State Library Victoria today awarded the 2017 Dromkeen Medal to esteemed editor and publisher Erica Wagner.
