OPINION: Theres good new's for grammar nerds: the Apostrophe Protection Society could be back
It's now known as the Queensland Writers Centre and it hosts the Brisbane Writers Festival each year.
Thank goodness the committees of the writers' festivals held in Sydney, Adelaide, the Northern Territory, and the Outback held out.National Land and Property Gazetteer Devon and Birmingham unilaterally disposed of the possessive in all street and road signs in 2009, though the Devon council backtracked shortly after.
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