On November 22nd, The Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature was given to Herb Wharton.

UQ Library and the Friends of Fryer hosted National Year of Reading Ambassador Nick Earls on 8 August.

Our new University Librarian, American Robert Gerrity opened the event, mentioning Earls's new book Welcome to Normal as a timely supplement to his current list of must-read Australian literature.

All are welcome to hear author and UQ Alumnus Simon Cleary speak at a Friends of Fryer event about his most recent book Closer to Stone.

The Edgar Allan Poe Digital Collection is a digital goldmine for Poe enthusiasts, students and researchers looking for primary sources, and writers and artists who want to dig deeper into Poe's life and work and see original, hand-w