Video of the month
Talking Ideas: Women and Leadership with Julia Gillard
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard discusses her new book with Jessica van Vonderen, and lays out a road map of essential knowledge to take action against gender bias.
Featured tutorial
Writing in Plain Language
This class on Lynda.com teaches you how to write documents that are clear and reader-focused (and without jargon!)
Learn how you can access Lynda.com for free using your State Library membership.
Staff book picks
What I'm borrowing
A series exploring our affection for libraries, loans, and sharing great reads.

What I’m Borrowing explores our affection for libraries, loans, and the books we love to share.

What I’m Borrowing explores our affection for libraries, loans, and the books we love to share.
Recent blog posts

This month we welcome award-winning author Mirandi Riwoe. Mirandi's most recent book is Stone Sky Gold Mountain.

This month we welcome author Lech Blaine, a writer from Toowoomba, Queensland, who now lives in Sydney.

For the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards, illustrator and writer Kathleen Jennings crafted very special portraits of the winners.
Queensland Literary Awards
Learn more about the 2020 finalists and stay up to date with the 2020 program.