Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network
Members of the IDTL Network come from primary schools and Ipswich Library. They coordinate Ipswich Readers Cup, Story Sports Competition and hold term meetings. Each year they publish a book of ideas on how to celebrate Children's Book Week. They are a partner of Storyfest West Moreton, an annual literature based festival for primary and secondary students
IDTL Network Meeting - November 2026
Friday 13 November 2026
Agenda:
12:00 - Networking lunch at the Hotel Commonwealth then walk to Ipswich Library meeting room
1:15 - Planning meeting. Focus on Book Week publication, agendas and venues for 2027
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - September 2026
Friday 11 September 2026
Agenda:
Book Week feedback, Storyfest West Moreton feedback, StorySports feedback.
Share ideas and resources
West Moreton Anglican College
IDTL Network Meeting - July 2026
Friday 17 July 2026
Agenda:
Book Week, Storyfest West Moreton, StorySports reminder
Share ideas and resources
West Moreton Anglican College
IDTL Network Meeting - June 2026
Friday 12 June 2026
General meeting
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - General Meeting
1:30 - Library Programming
2:30 - Other business - Readers Cup plans for comp, Storyfest update, Best reads since last meeting, Book Week publication update AND please submit anything you have for the book by Thursday afternoon so we can work on it Friday morning before the meeting, any other business.
Good News Lutheran School
IDTL Network Shortlist Meeting - 1 April 2026
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Bring your school or own copies of shortlisted books. View copies held by Ipswich Libraries. Choose titles you wish to work on for the IDTL Network Book Week publication. Borrow required titles. Brainstorm ideas. If you already know which books you plan to work on, please fill in that field when booking. If you can't attend but wish to submit ideas for books then email to provide titles. info@idtl.net.au
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Feb 2026
Friday 27 February 2026
AGM and General meeting
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - Welcome and networking with Ipswich Libraries' staff - What's on for 2026 Ipswich Libraries
1:30 - AGM
2:00 - General Meeting agenda
1. SAFI (SAFI team)
2. Readers Cup (Karen)
3. A look at the Notables currently in the library.
4. Children’s Book Week publication update and ideas.
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Planning Meeting November 2025
Friday 14 November 2025
Planning meeting
Agenda:
1. CBCA Book Week theme 2026 - please bring along any ideas you have for the theme or what you would like to see in this year's book. Continue developing ideas.
2. Calendar and events for 2026 - set venues and agendas. Readers Cup, Story Sports
3. SAFI planning for 2026
Char'd at The Prince Alfred Hotel
IDTL Network Meeting - July 2025
Friday 25 July 2025
Agenda:
Book Week, SAFI, StorySports reminder
Share ideas and resources
Ipswich Junior Grammar School Library
IDTL Network Meeting - May 2025
Friday 2 May 2025
General meeting
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - General Meeting
1:30 - Advocacy with Kay Odone
2:30 - Other business - Readers Cup plans for comp, SAFI 26, Best reads since last meeting, Book Week publication update AND please submit anything you have for the book by Thursday afternoon so we can work on it Friday morning before the meeting, any other business.
Good News Lutheran School
IDTL Network Shortlist Meeting - 27 March 2025
Thursday 27 March 2025
Bring your school or own copies of shortlisted books. View copies held by Ipswich Libraries. Choose titles you wish to work on for the IDTL Network Book Week publication. Borrow required titles. Brainstorm ideas. If you already know which books you plan to work on, please fill in that field when booking. If you can't attend but wish to submit ideas for books then email to provide titles. info@idtl.net.au
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Feb - March 2025
Friday 28 February 2025
AGM and General meeting
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - Welcome and networking with Ipswich Libraries' staff - What's on for 2025 Ipswich Libraries including StorySports and Children's Book Week.
1:30 - AGM
2:00 - General Meeting agenda
Reports
A look at the Notables
Book Week publication ideas
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Planning Meeting November 2024
Friday 1 November 2024
Planning meeting
Agenda:
1. CBCA Book Week theme 2025 - Book an Adventure - please bring along any ideas you have for the theme or what you would like to see in this year's book. Continue developing ideas.
2. Calendar and events for 2025 - set venues and agendas. Readers Cup, Story Sports
3. SAFI feedback and ideas for 2026
Char'd at The Prince Alfred Hotel
StoryArts Festival Ipswich Conference 2024
Sat 10 Aug 8.4am - Sun 11 Aug 3.15pm
The adult program is designed for Teachers, Teacher-Librarians, Librarians, emerging writers and illustrators, readers and anyone with an interest in children’s literature. It is an opportunity to mingle with the writers and illustrators on an informal basis. Sessions will include panels, demonstrations, and talks. The Saturday night dinner will include an additional panel. 10-11 August at Woodlands of Marburg.
Woodlands of Marburg
StoryArts Festival Ipswich Opening Event 2024
Sunday 4 August 2024
You are invited to join us to celebrate the opening of StoryArts Festival Ipswich and Reading is Magic, an exhibition of renown Australian Illustrators accompanied by students from Goodna and Springfield Schools. Sunday 4 August from 3:00pm
at the Ipswich Community Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas Street, Ipswich.
The exhibition will be in the Ipswich Community Gallery until 18 August. RSVP by 26 July.
Ipswich Community Gallery
IDTL Network Meeting - July 2024
Friday 19 July 2024
Agenda:
CANVA, Book Week, SAFI, StorySports reminder
Share ideas and resources
West Moreton Anglican College
Ipswich dinner with Kate Temple
Wednesday 12 June 2024
We will book a table at Char'd restuarant Booval based on these bookings. So let us know if you want to eat out in Ipswich on the Wednesday night. Just order and pay for your own meals.
Char'd Restaurant at the PA Hotel
Brisbane dinner with Kate Temple
Sunday 9 June 2024
We will book a table at Icarus Greek restuarant Jindalee based on these bookings. So let us know if you want to eat out in Brisbane the Sunday Kate arrives. Just order and pay for your own meals.
Icarus Restaurant, All Sports Shopping Centre,
IDTL Network Meeting - April 2024
Friday 26 April 2024
General meeting
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - Meeting
Decodable Readers - guest speakers Mary Serenc and Nicole Forrest who will talk about the background to, the purpose of the Soundwaves Decodable readers, how they fit into the curriculum, and how they are used in schools.
Readers Cup plans for comp
Reports - Financial, SAFI
General business
Share a book
Blair State School
Rosewood School Reunion 2024
Saturday 13 April 2024
Let's get together for lunch at Plantations Restaurant, P.A, Booval on Saturday 13 April. Order off the menu. Just fill in the booking form so I can keep track of who can come. I'll need number the week before.
Prince Alfred Hotel, Plantation Restaurant
IDTL Network Shortlist Meeting - 21 March 2024
Thursday 21 March 2024
Bring your school or own copies of shortlisted books. View copies held by Ipswich Libraries. Choose titles you wish to work on for the IDTL Network Book Week publication. Borrow required titles. Brainstorm ideas. If you already know which books you plan to work on, please fill in that field when booking. If you can't attend but wish to submit ideas for books then email to provide titles. info@idtl.net.au
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - March 2024
Friday 1 March 2024
General meeting and AGM
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - Welcome and networking with Ipswich Libraries' staff - a look at the Notables
1:30 - AGM
2:00 - Topics: 1. Guest author Annaleise Byrd. 2. Reports - SAFI and Readers Cup 3. Share a book.
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Planning Meeting November 2023
Friday 24 November 2023
Planning meeting
Agenda:
1. Calendar for 2024 - set venues and agendas.
2. CBCA Book Week theme 2024 - please bring along any ideas you have for the theme or what you would like to see in this year's book. Continue developing ideas.
3. Events for 2024 - SAFI, Readers Cup, Story Sports
Plantations at The Prince Alfred Hotel
IDTL Network Meeting - October 2023
Friday 6 October 2023
General meeting at Ipswich Children's Library, Nicholas Street 12:30 - 3:30 pm
Agenda: reading clubs for years 3-4 with Mel Kroeger + Book Week theme 2024
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - July
Friday 21 July 2023
Agenda:
Michelle Witheyman Crump sharing ideas on locating primary resources, (National Library, Trove, National Archives, Qld State Archives).
Jenny Stubbs will show the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature online databases.
Story Sports update,
Ideas and planning SAFI 2024.
Share ideas and resources
We have had to postpone Running book clubs with Year 3-4 students (Mel Kroeger) to the October meeting.
Blair State School
IDTL Network Meeting - April
Friday 28 April 2023
General meeting
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - Meeting
Bernie Maullin will talk about Human Libraries in Schools
Readers Cup plans for comp
Reports - Financial, visits to other festivals, author tours, StorySports
General business
Share a book
St John's Anglican College Library
IDTL Network Shortlist Meeting - 30 March 2023
Thursday 30 March 2023
Bring your school or own copies of shortlisted books. View copies held by Ipswich Libraries. Choose titles you wish to work on for the IDTL Network Book Week publication. Borrow required titles. Brainstorm ideas. If you already know which books you plan to work on, please fill in that field when booking. If you can't attend but wish to submit ideas for books then email to provide titles. info@idtl.net.au
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - March
Friday 10 March 2023
General meeting and AGM
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - Welcome and networking with Ipswich Libraries' staff including Writing workshops and Story Sports
1:30 - AGM
2:00 - Topics: 1. Engaging students across year levels when no set time allocated. 2. Reports - author torus and Readers Cup 3. Share a book. 4. upcoming events - SAFI mini-fest August
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Planning Meeting November
Friday 4 November 2022
Planning meeting
Guest: Hannah Attwood, Ipswich Art Gallery
Agenda:
1. Calendar for 2023 - set venues and agendas.
2. CBCA Book Week theme 2023 - please bring along any ideas you have for the theme or what you would like to see in this year's book. Continue developing ideas.
3. Events for 2023 (Jeannie Baker exhibition) and 2024 (SAFI)
Char'd at The Prince Alfred Hotel
IDTL Network Meeting - October
Friday 7 October 2022
General meeting at West Moreton Anglican College 12:30 - 3:30 pm
Agenda
Report from SAFI
Write A Book in a Day program with Tehani Croft
Begin planning: Book Week 2023, Readers Cup 2023, Author tours Feb-March, Jeannie Baker visit.
West Moreton Anglican College
Artist Talk - Lee FullARTon and Mr Chippa
Saturday 13 August 2022
Come along for chai and an artist floor talk by author and Illustrator Lee FullARTon.
Lee will share the story of Mr Chippa the Woodblock Carver of Bagru as well as the back story of her journeys to India, inspiration for the story and her collaboration with Kamlesh Vyas, Ranu Khan and the woodblock carvers of Bagru (Rajasthan India). Lee will also share her art practices and influences from Indian art and culture.
Ipswich Community Gallery
Marc McBride Workshop
Saturday 6 August 2022
The workshop will combine creativity, how to get your work seen and technical aspects such as airbrushing, colouring pencils and computer art. During the workshop Marc will show the process of creating artwork and characters. Beginning with imagination and where ideas come from, he will teach the five elements of visual language- colour theory, light, shape, line and texture.
Woodlands of Marburg
Dinner with the authors
Thursday 4 August 2022
Join fifteen SAFI authors for dinner after the Thursday evening SAFI session (Meet the writer and animator - Bluey and Bingo), 4 August from about 7.45 at Indian Mehfil. Each pay their own. Check the menu online so you can pre-order to speed things up. You can also order on the night if you prefer.
Indian Mehfil
StoryArts Festival Ipswich Opening Event
Sunday 31 July 2022
You are invited to join us to celebrate the launch of the Exhibition of Mr Chippa The Woodblock Carver of Bagru by Lee FullARTon on Sunday 31 July from 3pm
at the Ipswich Community Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas Street, Ipswich. Officially attended by Queensland MP Jennifer Howard
The exhibition is accompanied by works created through an Artist in Residence project with students from Blair State School Ipswich. RSVP 20 July.
Ipswich Community Gallery
IDTL Network Meeting - July
Friday 22 July 2022
General meeting - Agenda: Report from CBCA Conference - Jenny Stubbs and final festival planning. Guest author Alison McLennan.
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - April
Friday 29 April 2022
General meeting (and possible AGM continued)
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - General business and reconvene AGM if audit report comes in
1:30 - Meet local author Haylee Hackenberg
2:00 - Meet local publisher Robyn Evans - Ironbridge
2:30 - StoryArts Festival Ipswich update and other Network business
Ipswich Junior Grammar School Junior Library
Dinner with Sami Bayly
Thursday 31 March 2022
Sami Bayly will be in town. If you wish to join her for dinner (after the Shortlist Meeting) on Wednesday 30 March from 6pm at Indian Mehfil, let us know so we can book a place for you.
Indian Mehfil Restaurant
IDTL Network Shortlist Meeting - 30 March 2022
Thursday 31 March 2022
Bring your school or own copies of shortlisted books. View copies held by Ipswich Libraries. Choose titles you wish to work on for the IDTL Network Book Week publication. Borrow required titles. Brainstorm ideas. If you already know which books you plan to work on, please fill in that field when booking. If you can't attend but wish to submit ideas for books then email to provide titles. info@idtl.net.au
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - March
Friday 18 March 2022
General meeting and AGM
Agenda:
12:30 - BYO lunch
1:00 - General business and meet the new Children's Librarian, Jessica Haack.
1:30 - AGM and Meet the Ipswich City Councillors Andrew Fechner (Division 3 and Chair, Community, Culture, Arts and Sport Committee) and Kate Kunzelmann (Division 4 and Deputy Chair, Community, Culture, Arts and Sport Committee.)
2:30 - StoryArts Festival Ipswich planning and other Network business
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - Planning Meeting November
Friday 26 November 2021
Planning meeting
Agenda:
1. Calendar for 2022 - set venues and agendas.
2. CBCA Book Week theme 2022 - Dreaming with Eyes Open - please bring along any ideas you have for the theme or what you would like to see in this year's book. Continue developing ideas.
3. Meet Robyn Evans, Publisher, Iron Bridge Publishing
4. SAFI 2022 - how we will confirm bookings, discuss the family program, how to promote the weekend program.
Char'd at The Prince Alfred Hotel
IDTL Network Meeting - November
Friday 5 November 2021
General meeting - Agenda:
1. CBCA Book Week theme 2022 - Dreaming with Eyes Open - please bring along any ideas you have for the theme or what you would like to see in this year's book.
2. SAFI 2022 - how we will confirm bookings, discuss the family program, how to promote the weekend program.
3. Meet Robyn Evans, Publisher, Iron Bridge Publishing
4. Financial Report
5. Other news or resources to share
Char'd at The Prince Alfred Hotel
Artist Talk - Lee FullARTon and Mr Chippa
Saturday 7 August 2021
Come along for chai and an artist floor talk by author and Illustrator Lee FullARTon.
Lee will share the story of Mr Chippa the Woodblock Carver of Bagru as well as the back story of her journeys to India, inspiration for the story and her collaboration with Kamlesh Vyas, Ranu Khan and the woodblock carvers of Bagru (Rajasthan India). Lee will also share her art practices and influences from Indian art and culture.
Ipswich Community Gallery
Woodblocks and Rangoli - StoryArts Festival Ipswich Workshop
Between Monday 2 August 2021 and Wednesday 4 August 2021
Join Lee Fullarton in this delightful workshop that explores the traditional Indian Art practices of Block Printing and Rangoli. Like in Lee’s picture book Mr Chippa the Woodblock Carver of Bagru you will create your own printed works using traditional blocks from India. We will also discover how to create beautiful patterns using colour, repetition, and symmetry as we design individual and collaborative rangoli.
Free event for children aged 5-11.
Ipswich Community Art Gallery
StoryArts Festival Ipswich Event
Sunday 1 August 2021
You are invited to join us to celebrate the launch of the Exhibition of Mr Chippa The Woodblock Carver of Bagru by Lee FullARTon
On Sunday 1 August from 3PM
at the Ipswich Community Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas Street, Ipswich.
Officially attended by Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding and Queensland MP Jennifer Howard
The exhibition is accompanied by works created through an Artist in Residence project with students from Blair State School Ipswich.
Ipswich Community Gallery
IDTL Network Meeting - July
Friday 23 July 2021
General meeting - Agenda: Tour of the new children's library, StoryArts Festival Ipswich planning. Guest speaker - author Brooke Graham - Go Away, Worry Monster!
Ipswich Children's Library
Old Worlds New Worlds Other Worlds - Art Workshop
Between Tuesday 13 July 2021 and Friday 16 July 2021
CBCA Book Week Workshops presented by IDTLNet and PANI. Join Lee FullARTon, Megan Gaynor and Susanne Kelly for a fun filled afternoon in a Creative World!
Based on the 2021 CBCA shortlisted books the team will step you through creative responses to a variety of selected picture books, show and tell and display ideas for this year’s book week theme Old Worlds New Worlds Other Worlds to inspire your classroom, library or school's Book Week celebrations. Online via ZOOM, 4:00-5:15pm $35
IDTL Network Meeting - April
Friday 30 April 2021
General meeting - Agenda
1:00 StoryArts Festival Ipswich - Volunteers, gaps, opening
1:45 Guest author Dean O'Brien from the Sunshine Coast - alias Deano Yipadee http://yipadee.com/
2:15 Publication update
2:30 Other business and resource sharing
Blair State School
IDTL Network Shortlist Meeting - 1 April 21
Thursday 1 April 2021
Bring your school or own copies of shortlisted books. View copies held by Ipswich Libraries. Choose titles you wish to work on for the IDTL Network Book Week publication. Borrow required titles. Brainstorm ideas. If you already know which books you plan to work on, please fill in that field when booking.
Ipswich Children's Library
IDTL Network Meeting - March
Friday 5 March 2021
General meeting - Agenda: Picture Ipswich and other online resources at Ipswich Libraries, StoryArts Festival Ipswich planning
Ipswich Children's Library
