The Kay Poustie OAM Scholarship

 

Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam

Call for Entries for an International Travel Grant

The closing date for applications is 5:00pm Tuesday 9 April 2013

 Eligible scholarship applicants include Librarians, Library Technicians and other professionals working within the public library network in Western Australia.

Employed in the public library network in Western Australia and wish to take your librarianship skills to another level? Are you passionate about sharing your knowledge with people in the library sector in WA?
A scholarship travel grant of up to $8,000 is available for a Library practitioner wishing to extend their knowledge and research Library practice overseas!
 
To download an application form and to read inaugural recipient Kirstie Nicholson’s research report visit www.statelibraryfoundation.org.au 
Please submit your application by 5:00pm Tuesday 9 April 2013 via email info@statelibraryfoundation.org

 The Kay Poustie OAM Scholarship is an initiative of the State Library of WA Foundation.

State Library of WA Foundation
Perth Cultural Centre
25 Francis Street
Perth WA 6000
ABN 63 587 308 298

 
Direct links:

http://www.statelibraryfoundation.org.au/

Kirstie Nicholson’s research report:    http://statelibraryfoundation.org.au/images/document/Kay%20Poustie%20Scholarship%202012%20Report.pdf

Application Form:  http://www.statelibraryfoundation.org.au/images/document/2013%20Application%20Pack%20-%20Kay%20Poustie%20OAM%20Scholarship.pdf

A Crash of Rhinos! Family Day

Join us for a morning with author and illustrator Patricia Mullins on Saturday 2 March 2013, 10am – 12pm at The Place on the mezzanine.
For more information re activities on the day, check out the attached flyer
ACrashOfRhinos_FamilyDay
or look on the website here: http://www.better-beginnings.com.au/events/crash-rhinos-free-family-day

There are fun activities online related to the exhibition here:

http://www.better-beginnings.com.au/fun/crash-rhinos

Enjoy!

Crash of Rhinos school holiday fun!

Need something to amuse the kids this holidays? Come along and see the lovely illustrations from Patricia Mullins book ‘A Crash of Rhinos!’ at The Place. If you visit between 10am and 2pm during the week there will be a craft activity to enjoy. There’s also an activity book to take away. The exhibition runs until 7 April and the illustrations will change each month.

2011 WA Premier’s Book Awards

Visit our new site: Premier’s Book Awards – http://pba.slwa.wa.gov.au/.

Last night Premier Colin Barnett announced Fiona Skyring’s Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia as winner of the 2011 Premier’s Prize worth $25,000.

Highly acclaimed Western Australian author Tim Winton was inducted into our Hall of Fame.

2011 Western Australia’s Premier’s Book Awards Category Winners

• Non-Fiction:  Alice Pung, Her Father’s Daughter
  Published by Black Inc.
• Fiction:  Anna Funder, All That I Am
  Published by Penguin Group (Australia)
• Scripts:  Tim Winton and Ellen Fontana, Cloudstreet: The Screenplay
  Published by Penguin Group (Australia)
• Children’s Books:   Michelle Gillespie and Sonia Martinez, Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck;
  Published by Fremantle Press.
• Poetry:  Tracy Ryan, The Argument
  Published by Fremantle Press
• Young Adults:  Penni Russon, Only Ever Always
  Published by Allen & Unwin
• State Library of Western Australia WA History:  Fiona Skyring, Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia
  Published by UWA Publishing
• Digital Narrative Award:  Max Barry, Machine Man
  Published by Scribe Publications
• People’s Choice Award:  Anna Funder, All That I Am
  Published by Penguin Group (Australia)
• Premier’s Prize:  Fiona Skyring, Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia;
  Published by UWA Publishing

Congratulations to all of the winners & publishers.

Take3 author talks at the State Library – Wednesday 23 May

The State Library of Western Australian invites you to join us for this National Year of Reading event in celebration of Western Australian writing…

Fans and supporters of the Western Australian writing community are invited to hear insights and stories from children’s author/illustrator James Foley, fiction writer Natasha Lester and travel writer Stephen Scourfield.

James Foley recently won the prestigious Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ 2012 Crystal Kite Award (along with author Norman Jorgensen) for their wonderful children’s book The Last Viking; a fun picture book about a boy who outwits local bullies by channelling his inner Viking.

Natasha Lester, who courageously left her career as Brand Manager for Maybelline Cosmetics to become an author, was rewarded for her efforts with the acclaimed TAG Hungerford Award for Fiction for her moving novel What is Left Over, After.

Stephen Scourfield, author and Travel Editor for The West Australian, has impressed readers with his new work, Unaccountable Hours, which evokes landscapes of Cottesloe and theSwanRiver,Perth;Cremona,Italy; and the Little Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Books by each author will be available for purchase and signing on the night.

This celebratory event complements the State Library’s current exhibition; Write On!, which features profiles of WA authors and illustrators as well as original manuscripts, illustrations and research material of selected works. Write On! is on display in the ground floor gallery space adjacent to the Theatre, so can be viewed on the evening.

This National Year of Reading event is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate and get inspired by the diversity of Western Australian writing.

• WHEN: Wednesday 23 May 2012. 6:00pm for wine and cheese, event begins at 6:30pm
• WHERE: State Library Theatre, State Library ofWestern Australia
• COST: FREE
• RSVP: Please note that as capacity is limited, reservations are essential. Please call 9427 3111 to reserve your place.

Bringing books to life!

To celebrate the official launch of the National Year of Reading on Tuesday 14 February, we have a 3D chalk art book out the front of the State Library, next to the black-and-white sculpture. It doesn’t look 3D until you look through a camera…very clever! Come and take a photo and shake the hand of Bunyip Bluegum who is stepping out of the book.

Rather Beastly

The Lark Chamber Opera performs their version of Little Red Riding Hood at the Place in the State Library of Western Australia, as part of the Rather Beastly . Unfortunately we only captured the first act, apparently Gretel, of Hansel and Gretel fame appropriated the camera and was only returned by a monster with purple horns and long claws after the third act. If the last statement made no sense you needed to be there, the audience really appreciated the performance.

“Our” Shaun won an Oscar!

Shaun Tan, WA born and bred illustrator and author of many award winning picutre books, has won an Oscar for the best short animated film.

The Lost Thing was narrated by Perth boy Tim Minchin and is a gentle quirky film about a very large thing that nobody notices, based on Shaun’s book. It’s very exciting to see Shaun receive international recognition for his enormous talent – and lovely to know that he honed his talents and was supported by so many people here in Perth. The State Library has several of his original artworks, and all his books in the collection. Well done Shaun!

Click here for article and speech:

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/02/28/3150858.htm?site=perth

Shaun also won the Dromkeen Medal (a big deal in the children’s literature world) and his eloquent speech is here – SLWA is mentioned!

http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2011/02/shaun-tan-oscar-and-dromkeen-medal-winner.html?site=centralvic&program=central_victoria_mornings

Discover WA’s history through children’s literature

Enjoy leafing through some of your childhood favourites, and discover new West Australian authors to share. The selected books will show how WA has been depicted in children’s literature, from the flora and fauna, to the events and people that have shaped our history.

Come and put on some white gloves to “tour” the Research Collection of Children’s Literature. 

• Thursday 4 November from 1.30 – 2.30pm                                                              
• Call 9427 3111 to book your place.

The State Library has a cow!

One of the State Library’s most unusual artworks, the Books Moove Me cow,  is now ‘live to the public’ on the Ground Floor of the Library.  She was created by members of the WA Branch of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and is a unique way of showcasing children’s books by talented locals.

Books Moove Me cow

To find out more about her, check out  the webpage at http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/books_moove_me_cow

Come on in to the Library and say hello to the Books Moove Me cow  – see if you can find a book helicopter, a book-a-saurus, or some zombies up a tree. And if you like the look of the books, they are available at the State Library Shop.