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Announcing the winner of the inaugural Quentin Bryce Award

Announcing the winner of the inaugural Quentin Bryce Award

Congratulations to Ellen van Neerven, whose poetry collection Throat has won the 2020 Quentin Bryce Award.

Principled by undefined

Principled

When trust is destroyed in the workplace, how do you restore it?

Growing Pineapples in the Outback by undefined

Growing Pineapples in the Outback

When a professional urban couple relocate to regional Australia to care for an ageing parent, they find it more confronting yet also rewarding than they could have imagined.

Book launch: Ask Me About the Future

Book launch:
Ask Me About the Future

Celebrate the launch of Brisbane poet Rebecca Jessen’s debut collection, Ask Me About The Future.

Featured author

Featured author

Mirandi Riwoe is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain, a remarkable novel full of unforgettable characters set in gold rush-era Australia.

As Fast As I Can by Penny Tangey

As Fast As I Can

Throat by Ellen van Neerven

Throat

Ellen van Neerven

Mammoth by Chris Flynn

Mammoth

Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen

Ask Me About the Future

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

Stone Sky Gold Mountain

Sick Bay by Nova Weetman

Sick Bay

Sensitive by Allayne L. Webster

Sensitive

Allayne L. Webster

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

The Elephant by Peter Carnavas

The Elephant

One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn

One Would Think the Deep

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

Ghost Bird

Talking Sideways: Stories and Conversations from Finniss Springs by Reg Dodd, Malcolm McKinnon

Talking Sideways:
Stories and Conversations from Finniss Springs

Reg Dodd, Malcolm McKinnon

Love Poems and Death Threats by Samuel Wagan Watson

Love Poems and Death Threats

Samuel Wagan Watson

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

We’ll Show the World: Expo 88 – Brisbane’s almighty struggle for a little bit of cred by Jackie Ryan

We’ll Show the World:
Expo 88 – Brisbane’s almighty struggle for a little bit of cred

The Elephant by Peter Carnavas

The Elephant

The Agonist by Shastra Deo

The Agonist

Dancing Home by Paul Collis

Dancing Home

The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle Kadarusman

The Theory of Hummingbirds

Michelle Kadarusman

To Preserve and Protect: Policing Colonial Brisbane by Anastasia Dukova

To Preserve and Protect:
Policing Colonial Brisbane

Anastasia Dukova

Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery

Ordinary Matter

Into the Suburbs: A Migrant's Story by Christopher Raja

Into the Suburbs:
A Migrant's Story

Christopher Raja

Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus by Steven Herrick

Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus

The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn

The Sky So Heavy

Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick

Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend

A Kinder Sea by Felicity Plunkett

A Kinder Sea

Felicity Plunkett

Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko

Mullumbimby

Melissa Lucashenko

Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris (Garimara) Pilkington

Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence

Doris (Garimara) Pilkington

The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick

The Simple Gift

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

Sick Bay by Nova Weetman

Sick Bay

Call of the Reed Warbler by Charles Massy

Call of the Reed Warbler

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

Claire Zorn

Charles Massy

Felicity Plunkett

Felicity Plunkett

Steven Herrick

Melissa Lucashenko

Melissa Lucashenko

Tony Birch

Melanie Myers

David Burton

Anna Jacobson

Crafting Words with Cass Moriarty

Crafting Words with Cass Moriarty

Join Cass Moriarty: Finding your character's voice

May 24 1:00pm - Avid Reader bookshop

Crafting Words with Ellen Van Neerven

Crafting Words with Ellen Van Neerven

Join Ellen Van Neerven as they walk participating poets through a series of exercises designed to help you listen to your inner editor during the writing process.

Jun 14 10:00am - Avid Reader Bookshop

Join Sally Piper: Witnessing Landscape

Avid Reader Bookshop

Melissa Lucashenko: 'I write towards a better Australia'

Announcing the winner of the inaugural Quentin Bryce Award

The 2020 David Unaipon Award is now open for entries