Family history events, Family matters, Uncategorized:
The Feast is a day of free information sessions for family history researchers including the annual Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) Don Grant Lecture. In 2011 the Lecture will… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This Wednesday 18th April at 6:30pm, as a part of the Outside-in cinema series in Experimedia here at the Library, we will be showing the self-titled documentary on portrait artist… Read More ›
I particularly love the work of northern European artists of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Rogier van der Weyden 1400-1464: Master of Passion Zwolle : Waanders Uitgeverij ; Leuven :… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
The Sense of place conference organised by Auslib Press was held at the State Library of New South Wales on 5 and 6 May 2011 attracting more than 140 participants from… Read More ›
Beat memories : the photographs of Allen Ginsberg DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2010 I just happen to have been reading some of Allen Ginsberg’s poems recently (as one does!), so finding this… Read More ›
Coppelia : a ballet in three acts, is the next program in the Music and Dance on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday May 11 in Arts. This ballet classic… Read More ›
Family matters, Uncategorized:
May 2011 marks our blog’s first birthday. One year ago we began with our first post “Hello world!” We looked forward to sharing the State Library’s window on the world… Read More ›
You’ve probably already noticed that Melbourne is currently in the grip of Tutankhamun fever, with the blockbuster exhibition on show at the Melbourne Museum. You can explore the extraordinary history… Read More ›
Events, Family history events:
Reading Matters, the State Library’s biennial youth literature conference begins Wednesday May 25 with a stellar line-up of Australian and international authors leading two days discussions, workshops and events about writing and publishing for young adult readers.
Film, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This Wednesday 4th April at 6:30pm, as a part of the Outside-in cinema series in Experimedia here at the Library, we will be showing the documentary Love the beast, in… Read More ›
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.
