Melbourne Rare Book Week: Antiquarian Fair & Fab Free Events
Fifty presentations, lectures, readings, tours and other print on paper related events, will be held in venues across the city for Melbourne Rare Book Week 2017
Books to Buy
The Art of Discarding: How to Get Rid of Clutter & Find Joy
Guest author Derek Parker says ‘The Art of Discarding’ by Nagisa Tatsumi makes you think again about what your life needs by helping you to declutter your life
Rare Books Have Remarkable Stories to Tell says Derek Parker
Every house has a bookcase says Douglas Stewart, principal of Douglas Stewart Fine Books in Armadale Melbourne, and should have rare, special, meaningful books
[Untitled] Stonnington Literary Festival – Think, Talk, Read
[Untitled] – Stonnington Literary Festival, November 16 – 23, 2016, Melbourne, will expand people’s experiences of literacy, through a myriad of inventive ways
Hill of Content: Books, Art, Music, People – Enduring Currency
The Hill of Content a bookshop in Melbourne, Australia, conjures up all sorts of pleasurable images of a place where grace serenity and endless joy can be found
Europe 1600 – 1815 – Art of Fine Living on Show V & A London
On December 9 the V & A at London, will open a new suite of seven galleries with nearly 1100 objects that best tell the story of the evolution of art and design
Constant Reader Bookshop – Rose Talks to Owner Jay Lansdown
The Constant Reader Bookshop in Sydney offers a perfect setting for purchasing gifts that delight, motivate, inspire, enhance and challenge their recipients
Constant Reader – Rose Celebrates the Charms of a Bookshop
The joys of reading blurbs, perusing beautiful illustrations and photographs and finding forgotten gems awaits on a visit to the Constant Reader Bookshop Sydney
Books and on Being a Bibliophile – Heartbreak and Happiness
Being a bibliophile is not only about heartbreak, but also happiness too and spending a rainy day reading in bed or on the sofa is certainly my idea of luxury
Tasting Home: Book Review by Guest Author Janet Walker
A review by Janet Walker reveals author Judith Newton’s life and storytelling skill are as enjoyable as recipes in her book Tasting Home, one to savour & keep
Reading a Book or a Tablet – Creating the Future of Learning
Reading aloud or silently and helping to boost the literacy of children and adults is vitally important to our life’s journey. Words are how the world works
Online Shopping For Christmas – The Top Sites To Make Life Simple
So it seems like Christmas was only yesterday. Here we are again, looking at shopping centres decorated with tinsel and baubles, and department store windows telling us to “Deck The Halls”. If only I had started that present cupboard six months ago I hear you groan, telling yourself “it’s still…
Queensland Literary Awards 2012 – Reading Rocks
Congratulations to the winners of the all-new Queensland Literary Awards, billed as the ‘coolest’ awards in Australia to win. Campbell Newman’s controversial decision for the government to shed the awards has only seen them rise like a phoenix from the ashes to now be among the biggest suite of awards…
The Cello – The Nature of Sound and an Art of Sophistication
I would ride through storm and tempest to attend performances played by such cellists as Steven Isserlis and Peter Wispelway or Luke Sulic and Stjepan Hauser
Reading Aloud Rocks – Benefiting Children by Sharing the Joy
A book for everyone for Christmas is surely the way to go. And, if you read it aloud to children you can be sure that you are providing many benefits, including sharing the joy around.