New DVDs: Clint, Carol, Chopin…and more luminous selections.
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 ›
Rare Books & Arts
New books: art and the spirit of the land
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 ›
Seeing the new year in with a rather large white whale…..
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 ›
Listening Post Music: New Selections.
Latest listening post selections in Arts include the following new CD arrivals. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight jukebox listening posts… Read More ›
Sleeping Beauty: on the stage and on the page
With Richard Gill’s Sleeping Beauty pantomime about to hit the stage for the Victorian Opera, the State Library of Victoria’s Children’s Research Librarian, Juliet O’Conor, takes us through the history… Read More ›
Some cool jazz for a hot 2013!
No better way to welcome in 2013 than by welcoming the wonderful online Naxos Jazz Library to our growing collection of music streaming services! With over 65,000 tracks from over… Read More ›
New Christmas Music.
Some great new Christmas CDs have just arrived into the collection. They include traditonal carol favourites and classics by Handel and Britten, as well as performances by the Vienna Boys Choir… Read More ›
A new sheet music collection; worth singing about!
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
As the year draws to a close I thought it might be a good opportunity to show off a new collection of sheet music that we now have available via… Read More ›
New books, and not a piano in sight!
New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
It’s been a while since I’ve done a new-books post, what with Australian Music Month, Melbourne Music Week, and the Kaldor Art Project demanding our attention. So let’s get back… Read More ›
