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A black and white headshot of Lech Blaine and the cover of his book

What I'm Borrowing: Lech Blaine

What I’m Borrowing is a blog series exploring our affection for libraries, loans, and sharing…

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A woman smiling She is wearing a yellow floral blouse and a leather jacket and photographed from the chest up

A conversation with Kathleen Jennings

With our Queensland Literary Awards finalists not able to gather at State Library this year,…

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Two images the left is of author Lisa Fuller from the chest up She is wearing glasses and smiling The left is the book cover of Ghost Bird it is black with white text and a few blue feathers

What I’m Borrowing: Lisa Fuller

What I’m Borrowing is a new blog series exploring our affection for libraries, loans, and…

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A desk facing out to an open window A laptop sits on the desk and a black-and-white cat peers out of the window

Follow-up with the Fellows

Congratulations to all the finalists of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards! Celebrate the winners with…

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Two images The left is author Holly Ringland with a book open on her lap and petting a dog The right is the book cover of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart The cover is black with centred white text surrounded by delicate colourful flowers

What I’m Borrowing: Holly Ringland

What I’m Borrowing is a new blog series exploring our affection for libraries, loans, and…

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Two side-by-side photos The left image is a woman smiling and holding a book open in front of her The right is two books - one orange one pink - leaning against a wall accompanied by a small wooden sculpture of a whale

Keep warm and carry on reading

Winter has officially descended on Brisbane! Between distancing days spent waiting for the 2020 Queensland…

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