AUTHOR AND COLLECTOR KEN PIESSE WILL BE AT THE EPHEMERA & COLLECTABLES' FAIR ON OCTOBER 19 WITH AN ARRAY OF CRICKET AND FOOTBALL COLLECTABLES. SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 2014, STARTS AT 10 FOR … [Read more...]
Corrie Allegro talks about pop up books 26 Sept at 6 pm
6 pm, FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, HAWTHORN. WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT CORRIE ALLEGRO'S COLLECTION. Many older ESA members will remember an excellent talk by Corrie probably two decades ago … [Read more...]
Half price sale – children’s books and other childish ephemera
WE CAN ALERT MEMBERS AND WEBSITE USERS TO A GENUINE 50% OFF SALE OF EVERYTHING AT MICK & IRENE STONE'S CAMBERWELL BOOKS. SALE STARTED SATURDAY 30 AUGUST, 10.00 AM. The shop is being sold, and … [Read more...]
Shopping in Albury – exhibition
THE GHOST OF SHOPPING PAST IS THE TITLE OF AN EXHIBITION ABOUT SHOPPING at the Albury Library Museum. The exhibition finishes on 7 September 2014. If you cannot get to Albury in that time, don't … [Read more...]
Knitting recipes
All in the head - no need for knitting instructions Initially knitters did not use pattern books. This was because: they could not read; only traditional patterns local to an area were used; and the … [Read more...]
Kangaroos
Transmission (exhibition) archiving HIV/AIDS Melbourne 1979-2014
FROM 14-25 JULY 2014, THE GEORGE PATON GALLERY, UNION HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE will be showing an exhibition of artwork, manuscripts, posters and other material from many private and public … [Read more...]
Exhibition of Tasmanian cook books (to 16 August 2014)
THIS IS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT COOKERY BOOKS AND THE PLACE OF COOKING IN TASMANIA and the place of cooking in Tasmanian history and society. It marks 150 years since the introduction of salmon to … [Read more...]
Judging a book by its cover
This is the last exhibition curated by Monash University's rare books librarian, Richard Overell; he is retiring. Richard has used the Library's exhibition space to display multiple aspects of this … [Read more...]