
Melbourne Rare Book Week & Melbourne Rare Book Fair in July
The climax of Melbourne Rare Book Week, 5 – 14 July, will be the Melbourne Rare Book Fair in the Wilson Hall at The University of Melbourne, 12 to 14 July 2019
The climax of Melbourne Rare Book Week, 5 – 14 July, will be the Melbourne Rare Book Fair in the Wilson Hall at The University of Melbourne, 12 to 14 July 2019
The Wondrous Cosmos in Medieval Manuscripts is a new exhibition on view April 30 – July 28, 2019, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
The Glen Eira Storytelling Festival in Melbourne will be held June 22 – July 7, 2019, highlighting the fusion of art and culture in an atmosphere of celebration
The J. Paul Getty Museum in the Getty Center, Los Angeles, will present a new exhibition May 14 – August 18 – Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World
The expressive nature of May Gibbs characters, and their adventures in the Australian bush, captivates the hearts and minds of her growing fans around the world
Christmas is a good time to reflect on the gifts we give whether object or pleasure and question will what we choose offer more than momentary pleasure, or more
A delicate mix of misfortune abuse artistic endeavour humour and the magic of Sayer’s pen crafts with literary finesse a significant Australian non-fiction work
This year the gifts on my Christmas list, says Rose, are picture books for children. who across the world might be different, but have hearts that are the same
Kahlil Gibran: The Garden of the Prophet is a thought provoking literary and art exhibition now showing at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne until 17 March 2018
Best selling author Liane Moriarty’s suspense thriller Nine Perfect Strangers says Rose, delivers a compelling read, ideal for the upcoming Xmas holiday season
A Month of Sundays, a novel by Liz Byrski, is about 4 women in their 60s and 70s, Ros, Adele, Judy and Simone, all members of an Online book club for ten+ years
7th Melbourne Rare Book Week 2018 starts Friday June 29 – Sunday July 8, including the 46th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair, University of Melbourne 6 – 8 July
Determination and persistence are two characteristics defined by Rose Niland in a review of Tara Westover’s book Educated about transformation through knowledge
Women of a Certain Age is a treasure chest of courage, fairness, justice, prudence, love, generosity, vulnerability, truth, discernment, intelligence and wisdom
The White Book by Han Kang offers beauty, poignancy and resonance, a knowledge of what is lost and what is gained; how one becomes the other, says Derek Parker
The screenplay for this wondrous film has great depth, wonderful sincerity and is driven by the very appealing diversity of characters the story brings together