Book Links (Qld) finds a new home at the State Library of Queensland

Book Links is moving! On 8th September at the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Premier Anna Bligh announced some great news for a number of writing and reading organizations in Queensland.

In early 2010, the Queensland Writers Centre will re-locate to the State Library of Queensland at South Brisbane. Allied organizations including the  Queensland Poetry Festival, Book Links (Qld), the Children's Book Council of Australia (Qld), and the recently launched Institute for the Future of the Book (known as if:book Australia) will share the location.

The writing collective is the first project of a new initiative launched by the Premier and Minister of the Arts called A State of Writing, connecting writers, readers, and ideas throughout Queensland.

Queensland State Librarian, Lea Giles-Peters, said she welcomes these groups to the State Library as part of the redevelopment of Level 2, and anticipates innovative new ways it will expand the Library’s existing public programming. Level 2 of the State Library will consolidate writing-related activities in Queensland into one vibrant hub that benefits and engages the community through writing, similar to those found in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Queensland’s writing and reading sector will be enhanced by developing new connections, strategic collaborations and opportunities for Queensland writers and readers. Our soon-to-be new residence at the South Bank cultural precinct will be a wonderful home, provide us with a higher profile, a more visible presence, and with the QWC support the Queensland writing sector better by working with our partners on events, workshops, residencies, and festivals.