A moa for all seasons, now showing in Mirror of the world
We highlight the work of controversial natural historian Richard Owen in our Mirror of the World exhibition
Rare Books & Arts
From the Outer Circle to Heavy Metal on DVD
Music, Performing Arts, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
New DVDs arriving into the collection include releases in rock, opera, ballet, popular music, magic and documentary.
Never judge a cover by its book
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Our new exhibition, Inspiration by Design: Word and Image From the Victoria and Albert Museum, puts the look of the book front and centre and raises the question, just what is it that makes us reach for that particular book in the first place?
The art of the garden
With the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in full bloom, it seems only right to have a bit of a floral festival here at the Library. As Cicero said: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
New in the visual arts: on the shelf and online
New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
The visual arts come in all shapes and sizes
Bring the sound of the world into your home
With the global sounds of WOMADelaide still vibrating in the air, it seems like a good time to draw your attention to one of our most fascinating eresources, the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries database from Alexander Street Press; full of beautiful and unexpected pleasures and treasures from around the world.
The Final Frontier: putting the fiction into science
Film, Rare Books & Arts, Television:
The sad news this week of the death of American actor Leonard Nimoy (aka Star Trek’s Mr Spock) transported me back to my days of rubber Vulcan ears and plastic phaser guns…..
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 ›
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
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.
