Queensland Family History Society Inc
QFHS Calendar Event
QFHS Inc Family History Book Award plus Bookfest of Local and family History Writing
Starts: 6 Aug 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ends: 6 Aug 2025 at 1:00 PM
Notes:
This event will be held at Hornets Football Club, 50 Graham Road, Carseldine.
Lunch is available at the venue afterwards at your own expense.
The QFHS Annual Book award celebrates the effort that authors have put into writing up their family history. The award requires that the work have Queensland relevance and that it is properly researched and engagingly written.
The authors of the books that entered this year will participate in a group discussion about their entries and the experience of advancing their research to the point of publication.
Five authors for our Family History Book Award 2025 will talk about their books and writing processes. The books and authors are:
* The Sugar King, by Catherine Smith
* Substance and Shadows, by Jennifer Vivian Smith
* May the Cane Prosper - A Queensland Story, by Pene Greet and Avis-Ann Ballard
* A Poor Hand Well Played - A Family Story Across Several Generationsd, by Anne Heatherington.
This year's QFHS Inc Family History Book Award winner will be announced.
There will be opporunities for sales and signing as well.