New exhibition opens in Palmer Hall
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‘Writing the war: Personal stories from WWI’ opens in the Library’s newly refurbished Palmer Hall.
From the Outer Circle to Heavy Metal on DVD
Music, Performing Arts, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
New DVDs arriving into the collection include releases in rock, opera, ballet, popular music, magic and documentary.
Wattle blooms in Palmer Hall
Today poppies denote WWI remembrance, but a sprig of yellow wattle symbolised home for many Australians at war.
Dan Morgan: bushranger
People & professions, Such was life, Uncategorized:
It is 150 years since the death of the bushranger known as Dan Morgan.
Never judge a cover by its book
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Our new exhibition, Inspiration by Design: Word and Image From the Victoria and Albert Museum, puts the look of the book front and centre and raises the question, just what is it that makes us reach for that particular book in the first place?
A bohemian football match
The costume football match in 1881 featured players dressed as characters from opera, tragedy, comedy, farce and pantomime.
The art of the garden
With the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in full bloom, it seems only right to have a bit of a floral festival here at the Library. As Cicero said: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
2015 Inky Awards longlist announcement
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Honoring the best new international youth literature out there, the annual Inky Awards longlist has been announced. For those of you who are not familiar with this award, it is… Read More ›
12,000 attend Children’s Book Festival
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More than 12,000 children and their families joined us for a giant book party with the Wheeler Centre on Sunday 22 March.
Louis Lothian Children’s Literature Fellowship
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Our newly titled Louis Lothian Children’s Literature Fellowship is named in honour of Louis Lothian.
Such was life
Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel
Madame Weigel’s Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.
Arts
‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound
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.
