The new Summer 2012 catalogue contains 35 book tittles, 15 of which are “Open Access” tittles.

From the Bookjacket is a 15 minute radio show which is presented by QNS and aired monthly on 4RPH radio station. The show informs listeners of the most recent additions to the QNS audio book catalogue by giving a detailed synopsis, as well as information about the author and reviews on each book. Radio 4RPH is a radio station for the print handicapped. It can be listened to at 1296AM and a program guide is available at www.4rph.org.au

From the Bookjacket is aired on Mondays at 9:50 am and 6:20 pm and is presented by QNS staffmember Nick Warren.

The QNS office will be closed from Wednesday 21st December 2011 to Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

The management committee and staff would like to acknowledge our volunteers for their generous donation of time and effort, which has been an invaluable contribution to the organisation this year.

The staff and management committee would like to extend our very best wishes to you and your families, for a joyous and safe Christmas and a happy New Year.

*VIP Book Club - The final VIP Book Club for 2011 was held on 3 October. The guest author was Lois Nicholls author of Aussie Actually.

*Disability Action Week - QNS recently attended a Disability Action Week Expo that was held at Guide Dogs Queensland.

Find more News on the newsletter for Spring 2011 on the link below

2011 Spring Newsletter.pdf

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Please join us to hear Lois Nicholls!

on Monday 3 October from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm

at the Brisbane Square Library George St Brisbane light early lunch is provided

Please reply to QNS with your postal address so a complimentary MP3 audio copy of Aussie, Actually may be posted to you prior to the event. by Wednesday 12 September 2011

3324 0004

qns@qns.net.au

Aussie, Actually

landing on foreign soil

A South African woman’s humorous and honest account of what it’s really like to emigrate.

‘Reflecting back over the past decade, had I an inkling of the hardship, the intense home- sickness and feelings of total displacement in ensuing years, I might have high-tailed it back to the comfortable bosom of family and friends. Instead, I perservered…..’

Lois Nicholls is 3 months pregnant. With husband and clingy toddler in tow, she sets off from Durban, South Africa, to a sweltering Brisbane, arriving on Australia Day 1997. She is not prepared for the sheer magnitude of the move but battles on in a fog of homesickness using humour to get by.

Aussie, Actually is a warts and all account of Lois’s eleven year sojourn as a migrant wife and mother living in Brisbane.

About the Author

Lois Nicholls was born in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and grew up in the small country town of Howick. Lois never imagined living in Australia and was unprepared when she immigrated here with her husband in 1997. Lois is a professinal freelance journalist, editior of www.journonews.com, an online magazine, and author of Aussie, Actually.

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Aleho joined the QNS team on March as the new Administration Assistant / Audio Operator Assistant.

He has worked and volunteered as Radio Announcer and Producer for over 10 years in The Radio and Audio Visual Media field, back in his country Colombia and since 2007 in Australia.

For the local Radio, Alejandro (as his given name is spelt in Spanish) is currently co-presenting a Latin Music Radio Show on Mondays night (10-11) at Radio 4eb 98.1fm and is also working for the Production Department at Radio 4zzz 102.1fm.

“Many thanks to all of you who are part of this great family, for giving me the opportunity to share, learn and grow with you. I hope to give you the best of me in this chance I have got to combine two of my biggest passions, Sound Production and Community Work”

… Aleho Valencia C.

*Jo will be away on  holidays for six weeks. She left on Friday 17 June and will be back on 2 August. Please use the qns@qns.net.au email address or contact Nick or Aleho if you have any questions.

*Narrator Workshops & Training “Being in voice – a mini workshop by Flloyd Kennedy”

Find more News on the newsletter for Winter 2011 on the link below

2011-Winter.pdf

Nick started working here at QNS in December as the new Audio Operator. He also currently runs a recording studio from his home called ‘The Seclusion Room’ in which he records local bands and artists. He also has a strong passion for music which leads him to playing bands most nights of the week.

He has recently been involved with a community project called JAM (Join Australian Music) which took him into regional Australia to teach school children songwriting and recording techniques using the Audacity software that we use here at QNS. So please feel free to call him, or drop in for some 1 on 1 Audacity training.

Nick is also currently presenting the 4RPH radio show ‘From the Book Jacket’ which is aired once a month. This program showcases the latest books that are available in the current QNS catalogue. 4RPH can be listened to at 1296AM.

After 12 years at QNS, I have decided to work full-time in the area of my interest – landscape architecture.

It has not been an easy decision – I have come to know and have great respect for so many of the narrators over the years. I will miss having lively, interesting and challenging conversations on the phone! I will also miss the humbling experience of working with people who volunteer many hours of their time for the benefit of other people. This knowledge has taught me about one of the real things that matters in life – other people and their welfare. I thank all the volunteers of QNS over the years I have worked there for giving me that perspective in life!

I wish QNS and all the people involved great success in the future. It is a very worthy cause and deserves to be funded to continue the good community-focussed work that is so necessary.

Best of luck!

Alison Banks