New books, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
Our wonderful collection of photography books welcomes a few new titles, and the book on prints was just too charming to leave out! Photography and play by Erin C. Garcia… Read More ›
Children’s Research Librarian Juliet O’Conor has sent through this fascinating piece about the many curious lives of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland: A selection of illustrated versions of Lewis… Read More ›
Mixing up the new books a bit this week: The Hollywood film musical by Barry Keith Grant A bit like the symphony in classical music, every so often the cry… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Paul Dee from our Australian History and Literature collection has been getting to grips with the pleasures and charms of Michael Leunig’s unique take on life: ‘Yes but what does… Read More ›
If you are even slightly interested in classical music you will have found it hard to avoid some of the major musical anniversaries happening this year. Richard Wagner and Giuseppe… Read More ›
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Librarian-hipster Jane Miller has been exploring the wonders of Victoria’s incredible popular music scene in the sixties and seventies, and kindly sent through this groovy post for likeminded coolcats: Your… Read More ›
Confession time (the squeamish might want to turn away now), I love all of those antique/collectable shows on television such as Antiques Roadshow, Bargain Hunt, and the now sadly defunct… Read More ›
New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: Bill Cunningham New York : the New York Times and First Thought Films presents a film by Richard Press. John… Read More ›
New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Nice to see the new-book’s trolley starting to fill up again: Sydney Long : the spirit of the land by Anne Gray The haunting images of Australian artist Sydney… Read More ›
During my short Xmas/New Year break I didn’t get around to reading that pile of books glaring at me from my bedside table; I didn’t even get started on the… Read More ›
