The State Library of Victoria’s Centre for Youth Literature announced today the winners of the Gold and Silver Inky Award. The Gold Inky winner is Shift by Em Bailey and the Silver Inky winner is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

The State Library of Victoria invites honours year and postgraduate students to apply for the 2012 AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships. Successful applicants will be required to make significant use of the Library's resources.

The State Library of  Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2012 Inky Awards for young adult literature and now invites Australian teen readers to vote for a winner.

Gusto! A culinary history of Victoria, a new free exhibition at the State Library of Victoria, opens today, Friday 3 August. It provides a fascinating insight into the gastronomic world of both Melbourne and regional Victoria.

The longlist of ten Australian books nominated for the Gold Inky Award and ten international books nominated for the Silver Inky Award will be read by a panel of selected judges.

The 2012 R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Award winners have been announced sharing a total of $30,000 in prize money. These awards support the development of plays as works-in-progress by Victorian based playwrights.

The State Library of Victoria is delighted to announce the acquisition of two extraordinary Persian manuscripts following a successful public appeal for their purchase.

The eight winners of the National Year of Reading’s Read This! creative reading competition were announced today. More than 320 entries were received online from around Australia.

The State Library of Victoria is pleased to announce the 2012-13 Creative Fellowships awarded to researchers, writers, artists and scholars who will make creative use of the Library’s rich collections over the next year.

Ramona Koval, writer, broadcaster and former presenter of  ABC Radio National’s The Book Show, will deliver the 2012 Redmond Barry Lecture:  By the book – a reader’s guide to life.