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Fact Sheets
QWC Fact Sheet
Poet-in-Residence program & 2010 poet Emily XYZ bio
if:book (Institute for the Future of the Book) Australia Fact Sheet
Media Releases
July 2010
8.7.10 US Publishing Expert urges Australian writers to open their eyes to the digital future
June 2010
28.6.10 Former Home and Away star now author, Tristan Bancks, leads the Young Writers Boot Camp
May 2010
11.05.10 2010 Poet-in-Residence announced
March 2010
31.03.10 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Nominations Open Media Release from Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh.
February 2010
11.02.10 20 years marks next phase for Queensland’s writing centre Media Release on QWC's 20th birthday.
11.02.10 Historical fiction comes alive in North Queensland Media Release on Townsville and Cairns programs.
3.02.10 Queensland Writers new home Media Release on Queensland Writers Centre opening as a partner and strategic tenant of the State Library of Queensland.
November 2009
5.12.09 Ipswich Librarian takes out 2010 Queensland Writers Centre Award Media Release on the Johnno Award winner, which recognises outstanding contributions to Queensland reading and writing culture.
12.11.09 Queensland writers are the winners in parallel imports victory Media Release, on the announcement that the Federal Government will not change current legislature on the importation of books.
September 2009
9.09.09 Queensland Writers find new home at State Library Media Release, on the announcement that QWC will be moving to new premises at the State Library of Queensland
9.09.09 New State of Writing Connects Readers, Writers and Ideas Media Release, on the new A State of Writing initiative, from the Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh
August 2009
26.08.08 Brisbane named home to Australia’s first Digital Literature Centre Media Release, on the announcement of the Australian branch of the Institute for the Future of the Book, "if:book Australia"
21.08.08 Award-winning Poets Gain Industry Recognition Media Release, on the 2009 Arts Queensland Poetry Award winners, from the Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh
20.08.09 Q150 Train steams into Charleville on 20 August 2009 as part of final journey Media Release, from the Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh
13.08.09 Final Sector of Q150 Steam Train begins on 17 August 2009 Media, from the Premier and Minister for the Arts,The Honourable Anna Bligh
July 2009
27.07.09 Queensland Writers Centre rejects Parallel Imports, QWC rejects the Commission's stance of the parallel importation of books Media Release
20.07.09 Writers on board Q150 Steam Train Toowoomba to Charleville Media Release, from Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh
May 2009
11.05.09 Writers on board Q150 Steam Train Townsville to Mount Isa Media Release, from Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh
Media Articles
September In Brief - QWC and Allen & Unwin Manuscript Development Program in Bookseller+Publisher Magazine
26.8.10 Rhythm of a life's work by Lauren Crabbe and Frances Whiting in The Courier-Mail
25-31.8.10 Sounds Right - New Yorker Emily XYZ tells Jane Scott why she's so impressed with the poetry scene in Brisbane by Jane Scott in Brisbane News
17.8.10 Queensland Poetry Festival - Emily XYZ Interview by Zenobia Frost in Rave Magazine
9.8.10 Workshop a Hand Up for New Writers by Mike Derry in Bundaberg News
15.7.10 New ways with words by Rowena Smith in City South News
2.7.10 Book review: The Book of Love, Phillipa Fioretti by Diana Carroll in The Independent Weekly
26.6.10 Phillipa Fioretti - Author Interview in Australian Literature Review
22.05.10 Will it be 'i' before 'e' in cyber book battle? by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson in The Courier-Mail
22.05.10 Spreading the Word by Rosemary Sorensen, overflow in theaustralian.com.au
14.05.10 A Few Right Thinking Men in Southern Courier
13.05.10 e-books the future by Sarah Crawford in Sunshine Coast Daily
05.05.10 The Book of Love in Girl Power
May/June State of Change-Angela Meyer gets the lowdown on the recent Tools of Change conference by Angela Meyer in Bookseller+Publisher Magazine
06.04.10 Rome is Author's First Love by Alice Monfries in Hills & Valley Messenger
05.12.09 Roving Librarian Spreads the Word by Josephine Gillespie in Queensland Times
26.09.09 Accounting for Personal Taste by Rosemary Sorensen in The Australian
10.09.09 Queensland announces new Digital Literature Centre by Richard Watts in artshub.com.au
29.08.09 Centre of excellence for digital literature announced by Madeline Healy in The Courier Mail
28.08.09 The Future of the Book by The Book Show on ABC Radio National
11.04.09 Reading the Future by Rosemary Sorensen in The Australian
28.03.09 Queensland writers break out with debut novels by Trent Dalton in The Courier Mail
03.01.09 Smorgasbord of titles awaits readers in 2009 by Madeline Healy in The Courier Mail
06.12.08 Avid Reader's Fiona Stager wins QWC's Johnno Award by Trent Dalton in The Courier Mail
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