Congratulations to our 2021 F A Sharr Award winner, Emily Paull, on the publication of her first novel in April! Emily is a local librarian, author and book reviewer who is very involved in supporting the WA writing...
Receiving the F A Sharr Award at the 21st Library Board Award Night at the WA State Library last year was the perfect and GREATEST experience for me! It was an unbelievable moment that I still relive nine months later. This award is a tremendous...
It was the WA library world's night of nights - the Library Board Awards were held on Thursday July 20th at the State Library of Western Australia. This year, the awards were held in the library's beautiful theatre. The ALIA West team were...
Nominations for the 2022 F A Sharr Award open this Thursday, the 20th of April 2023. The Sharr Award was first presented in 1976 and has been recognised as one of ALIA's 80 treasures. It is named for Francis Aubie (Ali) Sharr who was the...