New books

Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form

Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form

January 18, 2023

Collection, New books, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.

It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

December 17, 2021

Collection spotlights, New books, Our stories, Rare Books & Arts:

State Library Victoria recently acquired an 1832 printing of the third edition of Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein for its Rare Book Collection.

A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce

A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce

September 13, 2021

New books, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.

Cherry Red Books, 2015

New books in Arts, more fun than a barrel of Monkees

January 6, 2017

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Monkees, movies and a bit of glam, welcome to 2017 in the Arts Library.

Vivid Publishing, 2013

New books, and something très bon from the sixties!

October 28, 2016

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Classics of all kinds hit the shelves in Arts this week

It’s art Jim, but not as we know it; new books to stretch the imagination

It’s art Jim, but not as we know it; new books to stretch the imagination

August 26, 2016

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Denizens of the night, a plethora of postcards, illuminated walls, and things that go bump in the night; all in a day’s work for the Arts Library’s new book stand.

New books with an American accent in Arts

New books with an American accent in Arts

May 20, 2016

New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:

An iconic American family of artists, a book of photographs capturing a lost place and time, an artist we should know better, and a lovely voice from Hollywood’s past.

David Chittick, 2014

Robot monsters, Mr Squiggle, death metal zombies and a bit of Monty Python: business as usual in the Arts Library

April 21, 2016

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

New in Arts, just a few of the things that make popular culture so popular

What do Bob Hope, Japanese gangsters and Patti Smith have in common?

What do Bob Hope, Japanese gangsters and Patti Smith have in common?

March 4, 2016

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

They are all here as popular culture rears just a few of its many heads, on the shelves and online…..

Kamera Books, 2013

New books in Arts, analogue and digital

May 7, 2015

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

New books, both print and online, continue to crowd the Arts Library shelves. Happy reading!