ANDREW H., PRESCIENT COLLECTOR, yes once again we raid his collection for a sadly topical look back at fires in the bush and bushfire (prevention) ephemera. This next one might appeal to our … [Read more...]
Diaries
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, LIKE TO THINK BOTH forwards and backwards - time to buy a new diary and to look back on diaries of the past. We are drawing on the collection of ESA member Richard F. … [Read more...]
‘I’m the boy that brings the news, so a Christmas box I won’t refuse.’
STATE LIBRARY BLOG ABOUT CHRISTMAS USING EPHEMERA FROM THE WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF ED J. Blog by Kylie at State Library of Victoria. Image courtesy of Ed J. Ephemera Society of … [Read more...]
25 December
RECENTLY COLLECTED AND REDISCOVERED CHRISTMAS EPHEMERA here we go There has been a resurgence of sorts in local stationery production. "Write to me" has a range including this play on words and … [Read more...]
Time and tide exhibition
DOCK PHOTOGRAPHS' EXHIBITION, Friday 10 January to Thursday 20 February 2020. More than 1600 negatives collected by J.B.O Hosking, Melbourne Harbour Trust Chief Engineer from 1936 to 1959, have been … [Read more...]
Broadway exhibition, NYNY
In the Company of Harold Prince: Broadway producer, director, collaborator No one did more to define the American musical today than Harold “Hal” Prince. His resume included some of the most … [Read more...]
Queering the archives
THIS THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2019, at the Wheeler Centre What do we know about queer lives and stories from the past? In November, we’ll delve into LGBTIQA+ histories with a special live recording of … [Read more...]
The Queensland exercise book
ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A COLLECTOR, THE NEXT QUESTION IS ALWAYS - 'What do you collect?' Followed by the more difficult 'why do you collect that?' As we all know one of the best parts … [Read more...]
Type tells tales
NEWish BOOK Type tells tales edited by Steven Heller & Gail Anderson, (Thames & Hudson, 2017, 224p, $55) Others advise: large format book with 290 colour and 40 B&W illustrations of the … [Read more...]