Monday 2 February at Abbottsford Convent Arts Centre, a launch was held for the new book The Relationship is the Project. Respected Victorian Aboriginal Elder Uncle Larry, one of the …

Christos Tsiolkas won the fiction category prize of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for 2020 on Thursday for his critically acclaimed historical novel Damascus which is set in the early …

It is not the summer we want, Australia is engulfed by mega-fires. We have lost people, animals, and property to the inferno. It may seem inappropriate to consider reading as …

I hand David Sedaris his book. It has a yellow post-it note poking out with my name on it for the author to copy. My new friend Roger and I …

A new series of children’s language books have been released to help foster a love of Greek language in youngsters. Aimed at children aged from 2-7 years, ‘The Fabulous Lost …

11 Places in Athens That You Shouldn’t Miss, published this year by Emons Editions (Cologne, Germany), is a rather unconventional travel guide for the Greek capital. It forms part of …

In the evening after the games, they’d all sit around me for a story. Even Stephanos would listen with his mouth open, and he’d already heard the stories. They were …

The Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (ΑGLIS) together with the National Library of Greece (NLG) organised a meeting last month, 23 November, entitled ‘Meta- IFLA WLIC Athens 2019: …

A few months ago we reported on the election of the International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) new President, Australia Christine Mackenzie. The organisation’s 85th Conference was subsequently held in …

The shortlist has been announced for the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, including Australia’s richest single literary prize worth $100,000. The 23 shortlisted titles comprise some of 2019’s best fiction, …