Artists’ books – a Q and A with Sarah Bodman

Artists’ books – a Q and A with Sarah Bodman

September 26, 2011

Exhibitions, Family history events, News:

Sarah Bodman is Senior Research Fellow for Artists’ Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, author of Creating artists’ books and editor of Artist’s book yearbook and the journal The blue notebook. Here she answers some questions about artists’ books ahead of her lecture at the Library tonight – Books of all stripes: artists’ publishing in the 21st century.

Finding Cadel or researching your Welsh ancestry

Finding Cadel or researching your Welsh ancestry

September 22, 2011

Family matters, Research tips & tricks, Websites:

Wales is a country which tends to be overshadowed by its larger neighbour England in many ways, and that includes genealogical research. Unlike those of Scotland and Ireland, Welsh records… Read More ›

Photography competition winners announced

Photography competition winners announced

September 19, 2011

Announcements, Exhibitions, News:

The As modern as tomorrow photography competition winners were announced last Thursday at an event hosted by Broadsheet in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Family History Feast 2011 podcast available!

September 19, 2011

Family history events, Family matters, Uncategorized:

Did you know that a group of girls sent a petition to the Australian government to try to keep popstar Normie Rowe from being conscripted to serve in the Vietnam… Read More ›

That Sixties beat

That Sixties beat

September 18, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

A recent biography of rock legend Syd Barrett had me wondering what else might be on the shelves. A very irregular head : the life of Syd Barrett by Rob Chapman… Read More ›

Those new books just keep coming!

Those new books just keep coming!

September 14, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

New York : a photographer’s city edited by Marla Hamburg Kennedy Nightmarish images of New York have been in the news a lot recently with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks,… Read More ›

Such stuff as dreams are made on

Such stuff as dreams are made on

September 14, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

  This week‘s Outside-in cinema looks at a recent re-working of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, as seen during the course of it’s making in a Kentucky Prison. Although Shakespeare behind… Read More ›

Macbeth the ballet: screening in Arts

Macbeth the ballet: screening in Arts

September 13, 2011

Dance, Rare Books & Arts:

Macbeth : a ballet in two acts, is the next program in the Music and Dance on Film series to be screened this Wednesday September 14 in Arts. The ballet… Read More ›

Don Grant Lecture 2011 videocast available!

Don Grant Lecture 2011 videocast available!

September 12, 2011

Family matters, Uncategorized:

Want to relive or discover for the first time Dr Andrew Lemon’s outstanding Don Grant Lecture 2011 on the topic Storming the barricades – the family history revolution?  The Lecture organised by… Read More ›

Marching chorines, visions of the future, cinematic moments and Frida and Rita

Marching chorines, visions of the future, cinematic moments and Frida and Rita

September 7, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

A pick n’ mix of new books: Buzz : the life and art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffrey Spivak University Press of Kentucky, 2011 It’s a wonder really that Busby Berkeley’s life… Read More ›

Such was life

Strange lights in the sky: The Westall UFO event, 1966

Strange lights in the sky: The Westall UFO event, 1966

April 6, 2024 6 comments

On 6 April 1966, in a quiet suburb south east of Melbourne, reports emerged of something strange in the sky…

Arts

Nineteenth century Victorians

Nineteenth century Victorians

December 31, 2023 3 comments

The Etkins collection consists of wonderful portraits of people and places throughout 19th century Victoria.