New books

Photography, painting and a rummage through some Hitchcockiana

Photography, painting and a rummage through some Hitchcockiana

June 11, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

The beautiful & the damned : punk photographs by Ann Summa, edited by Kristine McKenna When Punk rock took off in the seventies it was wholeheartedly embraced by the Los Angeles… Read More ›

The bold, the beautiful and the cheeky in Arts!

The bold, the beautiful and the cheeky in Arts!

May 27, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

One of the great things about working in a Library like this is the almost constant voyage of discovery it takes us on as new material arrives on the shelves!… Read More ›

A Tasmanian Devil in Hollywood

A Tasmanian Devil in Hollywood

April 7, 2011

Film, New books, Rare Books & Arts:

The new books shelf in Arts continues to amaze and delight; and occasionally perplex and bewilder! A couple of new books about “Australia’s own” Errol Flynn set me to thinking…..… Read More ›

Doing nothing in Arts, and then some!

Doing nothing in Arts, and then some!

March 31, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

They say that you can’t, or shouldn’t, judge a book by its cover (a theory I don’t entirely agree with), and I suppose the same can be said for the title, but… Read More ›

Elvis returns, music from a ruined city, and other loud things in Arts

Elvis returns, music from a ruined city, and other loud things in Arts

March 18, 2011

Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Return of the King : Elvis Presley’s great comeback by Gillian G. Gaar Elvis Presley had more comebacks throughout his glorious career than Nellie Melba had farewells, some more successful… Read More ›

All the world’s a stage, and screen!

All the world’s a stage, and screen!

February 23, 2011

New books, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:

Am I giving away my age if I say that I grew up watching the marvellous Margaret Rutherford on TV in those wonderful Miss Marple movies, not to mention other… Read More ›

New books, proceed with caution

New books, proceed with caution

January 27, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

I know that you can’t (or shouldn’t) judge a book by its cover and maybe the same can be said about the title as well, but some things just demand your attention!… Read More ›

New books in Arts, and some heritage swimwear!

New books in Arts, and some heritage swimwear!

January 15, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

 A new year, and a shelf of new books! Sole mates : cowboy boots and art  by Joseph Traugott The cowboy boot seen as an American icon, a subject for… Read More ›

New books in Arts

New books in Arts

September 23, 2010

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Wagner and cinema  edited by Jeongwon Joe and Sander L. Gilman John Dahl and neo-noir : examining auteurism and genre by Paul Monaco   Withnail and us : cult films and… Read More ›

New books in Arts

New books in Arts

September 3, 2010

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Cezanne’s other: the portraits of Hortense :by Susan Sidlauskas    Portraits of the Renaissance : by Nathalie Mandel    Constable’s clouds: paintings and cloud studies by john Constable : edited… Read More ›