Shall we dance?
Guest blogger extraordinaire, Jane, is inspired by some of the treasures in our sheet-music collection…… I am currently helping out with the sheet-music spreadsheet-cataloguing project (try saying that quickly!) in… Read More ›
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SA postal directories going online
Family matters, Uncategorized:
For those of you like me researching South Australian family history you will be pleased to know that the State Library of South Australia is gradually making most of the… Read More ›
New books for a new year
New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
What better way to start the new year….. Australia: curated by Anne Gray, Ron Radford, Kathleen Soriano et. al. This major show of Australian art at the Royal Academy in… Read More ›
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
A few presents for Christmas…… Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Son of the great Johann Sebastian, and a very fine composer in his own right, C.P.E.Bach wrote this wonderful… Read More ›
Take a break with a great Victorian book this summer
Announcements, Events, Family history events:
The Summer Read is on again and with the warm weather already here, it’s time to sit back, relax and lose yourself in a great Victorian book.
Leave a condolence message for Nelson Mandela
Visitors to the State Library of Victoria are invited to leave a message of condolence for His Excellency Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. A special condolence book will be available near the… Read More ›
New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!
Comic books, Film, Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:
Jazz covers: Joaquim Paulo, edited by Julius Wiedemann Taschen certainly know a thing or two about producing visually exuberant books, and when the subject matter is jazz album-cover… Read More ›
Joyeux anniversaire, Charles Valentin Alkan!
This has been a big year for musical birthdays, with Wagner and Verdi celebrating their 200th and Benjamin Britten clocking up his 100th, but as these noisy gentlemen hog the… Read More ›
Inky Awards teen choice literary prize winners announced at State Library of Victoria
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria today announced the winners of the 2013 Inky Awards – Australia’s only national teen choice literary prize.
New books: landscapes, furniture and bathing in St. Kilda
Furniture, Painting, Rare Books & Arts:
Exposing Thomas Clark: a colonial artist in Western Victoria by Dr Peter Dowling and Daniel McOwab This might seem like an odd title, until you realise just how little… Read More ›
