Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Guest blogger Des Cowley, manager of our Rare Printed Collection, sent me this piece about a remarkable volume recently added to our seriously fine collection of artists books from both… Read More ›
Musical theatre features on new Listening Post music in Arts highlighting some recent CD arrivals, plus a few popular titles making a return visit. There are eight jukebox listening posts… Read More ›
A ballet double bill is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday October 24 in Arts. Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra and more…is… Read More ›
About us, Collection, Education, Family history events, Library services, News, Uncategorized, Updates:
This week is Children’s week and to celebrate the Library has a special storytime on Wednesday and unveils some new permanent visitors for everyone to enjoy.
The State Library of Victoria invites honours year and postgraduate students to apply for the 2012 AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships. Three $1,200 AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships are offered… Read More ›
Comic books, Music, New books, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Our hero: Superman on Earth by Tom De Haven Tom De Haven is the author of a very beautiful and surprising novel about Superman/Clark Kent’s early years in Depression-era America,… Read More ›
People & professions, Such was life:
Have you been researching an elusive Victorian ancestor, only to get stuck when you try to find out more about their life? Are you looking for long-forgotten interviews with prominent… Read More ›
Welcome to the State Library of Victoria’s Such was life blog. Here we’ll explore both new and historic Library collections that relate to Australia’s past. We’ll showcase our favourite items,… Read More ›
Once guaranteed crowd-pleasers, it seems that the works of Gilbert and Sullivan have lost a bit of traction in recent years with our major opera companies. A shame really as… Read More ›
Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection by Chris Uhlenbeck and Amy Reigle Newland Hotei, 2011 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of the greatest masters of the Japanese woodblock print… Read More ›
Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.
To celebrate the Children’s Book Council of Australia Week, we pay tribute to the life of children’s literature collector, Ken Pound, and the collection he has left for us all.
