White Night Wonderland
News:
More than 19,000 culture vultures descended on the Library for White Night Melbourne last weekend.
Archive for February, 2015
Reading Matters 2015 program announced
News:
Hear from bestselling young-adult authors during the 11th biennial Reading Matters conference in May.
Bohemian Melbourne melody lingers on in Arts
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Even though the exhibition has finished, the melody lingers on in Arts. Currently featured on the Listening Posts are releases in popular and rock music from performers and bands associated with Bohemian Melbourne.… Read More ›
Does my bustle look big in this?
People & professions, Such was life:
The Centennial Exhibition of 1888 at Melbourne’s Exhibition Buildings was a motza for women. Posh citizens complained about the lack of servants – young women had flocked to the better pay and free fun down at the exhibition.
Poets at war: ‘What passing bells for these who die as cattle?’
Exhibitions, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to some of the great poets of the First World War, currently highlighted in The Mirror of the World exhibition
Bohemian Melbourne walking tour
Venture down history’s backstreets with this self-guided walking tour of bohemian Melbourne.
New books: some well known faces amongst them
It’s always good to meet old friends on the new books shelf, and make a few new friends as well.
Death on the Pyramids
Some soldiers in Egypt during World War I were so taken by the pyramids, they decided to climb them, with tragic results.
Children’s Book Festival 2015 line-up announced
News:
For one day only the State Library and Wheeler Centre will be turned into your very own children’s playground.
Final weeks of the Summer Read
News:
The Summer Read closes on 15 February, leaving you just enough time to read one of the recommended books and go into the prize draw.
