SLV Email Newsletter September 2008

In this issue:
1. Free wireless access at the Library!
2. Changes to Library registration
3. 2008 Premier's Literary Awards' winners
4. RE Ross Trust script development awards winners
5. September school holiday activities
6. Arts music video program out now
7. Poetry Slam is back!
8. New Cowen Gallery exhibition
9. Book Talk: The Western Front Diaries

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FROM THE INFORMATION DESK

FREE WIRELESS ACCESS AT THE LIBRARY
From 6 October, any visitor to the Library can access the free wireless service. Previously only available to registered Library users, now anyone can access wireless broadband in the main reading rooms if their laptop or PDA device is wireless enabled.

Find out more about how to access wireless at the Library at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/using/wireless/index.html?newsletter

CHANGES TO LIBRARY REGISTRATION
Also from 6 October, registered Library users will now only have to renew their registration once every two years.

Being a registered user means you can order books and journals from storage via our online catalogue, as well as access heritage materials from our pictures, manuscripts, maps and rare books collections.

Registered users can also access articles and ejournals in our databases from outside the Library.

Find out more about registering as a user at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/using/register/index.html?newsletter

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

2008 PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS' WINNERS
Earlier this month the winners of the 2008 Premier's Literary Awards were announced by John Brumby at a special dinner at Zinc, Federation Square.

Award-winning Melbourne novelist, screenwriter and journalist Helen Garner received the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction for her novel 'The Spare Room'. She was among 12 writers who share in the $210,000 prize pool.

Read who else won at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_08.html?newsletter

RE ROSS TRUST SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT AWARD WINNERS
Again in early September the annual RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Awards were announced.

The winning writers and scripts are Lally Katz for 'Return to Earth', Barry Dickens for 'Whitely's Incredible Blue', Carly Nugent's 'Shots' and Angela Betzien's 'The Orphanage Opera'.

Read the judges report and more about the winning scripts at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/ross/winners2008.html?newsletter

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
Looking for activities to entertain your primary school aged children in the second week of the school holidays? Why not drop into the Library and join in one of the activities on offer this week.

Find more information and booking details at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/holiday/sept_oct08.html?newsletter

ARTS MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM AVAILABLE NOW
The October-November program of arts video screenings is now available. Held on Wednesday afternoons in the Arts Listening-Viewing Room, this program features a selection of renowned classical ballets and operas.

Find out more about what's being screened at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/musicvideo/index.html?newsletter

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COMING EVENTS

POETRY SLAM IS BACK
The search is now on in earnest for Victoria's best slam poet. This popular spoken word performance competition started yesterday with a workshop in Geelong. The Victorian competition will finish at the Library for the state final on 13 November.

The top two Victorian poets will compete for $5000 at the national final in December. Not competing? Why not join the audience to watch the action and help choose the winners.

Full details available at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/poetry_slam/index.html?newsletter

PETER LYSSIOTIS WORKS ON PAPER - TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
A new temporary exhibition by well-known Melbourne artist, Peter Lyssiotis, will be launched in the Library's Cowen Gallery on 3 October. 'The City: A Memory Album' offers an alternative view of how we live in cities and how we remember them.

More information about this exhibition will be available soon at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/cowen/cowen_temp_exhibits.html?newsletter

BOOK TALK: THE WESTERN FRONT DIARIES
Held to complement the Library's 'Sport and War' exhibition, this talk by historian Jonathan King looks at one of the great forgotten stories of Australia's war history - the WWI Western Front campaign.

Read more information about the talk and how to book at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2008/jonathan_king.html?newsletter

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