Event reviews Past Events 27 Jul 27 Jul Meet Me at the Rare Book Fair 27-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Wilson Hall. University of Melbourne. Meet in the Foyer Book FairTour 26 Jul 26 Jul Albrecht Dürer’s Material Renaissance 26-07-2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Ground Level, Arts West Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville TalkTour 26 Jul 26 Jul Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute 26-07-2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central DisplayTalk 26 Jul 26 Jul Rare Books from the FMI collection 26-07-2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM FMI Reading Room, 209 Nicholson Street, Footscray DisplayTalk 26 Jul 26 Jul Curators’ Tour of World of the Book 26-07-2024 12:00 PM - SLV, 328 Swanston Street Melbourne Tour 26 Jul 26 Jul Avant-garde Artists’ Books 1900–40 at the NGV 26-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM NGV, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne DisplayTalk 25 Jul 25 Jul North Melbourne Ghost Signs 25-07-2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne Talk 25 Jul 25 Jul Albrecht Dürer’s Innovations in Book Illustration 25-07-2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM NGV, 180 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne DisplayPanel discussion 25 Jul 25 Jul Fizzles: Existentialism and Pop Art Collide 25-07-2024 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Leigh Scott Room, 1st floor, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, Parkville DisplayPanel discussion 25 Jul 25 Jul This is not a Coffee Table Book 25-07-2024 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM Collection Viewing Room, SLV, 328 Swanston Street Melbourne DisplayTalk 24 Jul 24 Jul Rare Book and Materials Collecting in Libraries: 24-07-2024 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM 39 St. Edmonds Road, Prahran Panel discussion 24 Jul 24 Jul The Archives Fine Book Collecting Prize 24-07-2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM narrm ngarrgu library, 141 Therry Street, Melbourne Conversation 24 Jul 24 Jul Persuasion and Prejudice – Jane Austen and Lawyering 24-07-2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Melbourne Talk 24 Jul 24 Jul A Young Person’s Guide to Book Collecting 24-07-2024 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM narrm ngarrgu library, 141 Therry Street, Melbourne Talk 24 Jul 24 Jul Rare Sports Books and Ephemera 24-07-2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM Level 3, Members Stand, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont (Entry next to Gate 2) Panel discussion 24 Jul 24 Jul - 24 Jul E.W. Cole and his Book Arcade 24-07-2024 12:00 PM - 24-07-2024 05:00 PM Collection Viewing room, SLV, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne DisplayTalk 24 Jul 24 Jul Design Process: Independent Publishing Then and Now 24-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Building 100, RMIT University, 154 Victoria Street, Carlton DisplayTalk 24 Jul 24 Jul The Unfinished Book 24-07-2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre Multipurpose Room 2, 252 Faraday Street Carlton DisplayTalk 23 Jul 23 Jul Poking the Bear: 23-07-2024 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM The Celtic Club @ The Wild Geese, 29 Sydney Road, Brunswick ReadingsTalk 23 Jul 23 Jul Hoping Against Hope: 23-07-2024 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM Sir Louis Matheson Library, 40 Exhibition walk, Monash University, Clayton Tour 23 Jul 23 Jul Sands and McDougall Directories for Use and Amusement 23-07-2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM East Melbourne Library, Meeting room, Level 1, 122 George Street, East Melbourne Talk 23 Jul 23 Jul In Search of the Last Continent 23-07-2024 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne Talk 23 Jul 23 Jul - 23 Jul Pictures of the Floating World 23-07-2024 12:00 PM - 23-07-2024 05:00 PM Collection Viewing Room, SLV, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne Talk 23 Jul 23 Jul It’s Cold and Old and Rarer than Gold 23-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne Talk 22 Jul 22 Jul Now We Are Ten 22-07-2024 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Talk 22 Jul 22 Jul Olympic Treasures in the Melbourne Cricket Club Library 22-07-2024 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM Level 3, Members Stand, Melbourne Cricket Ground (Entry next to Gate 2) Tour 22 Jul 22 Jul - 22 Jul The Women Writers Fund 22-07-2024 12:00 PM - 22-07-2024 05:00 PM Collection Viewing Room, SLV, 328 Swanston Street Melbourne Talk 22 Jul 22 Jul De re Anatomica by Matteo Colombo 22-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 250-290 Spring Street, East Melbourne Talk 21 Jul 21 Jul An Evening with Elizabeth David & Friends 21-07-2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Book for Cooks Bookshop, 115-121 Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne Talk 20 Jul 20 Jul Manuscripts Don’t Burn 20-07-2024 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Former Royal Mint Building, 280 William Street, Melbourne Talk 20 Jul 20 Jul William Caxton at State Library Victoria 20-07-2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM State Library Theatrette, Entry 3, La Trobe St, Melbourne Talk 20 Jul 20 Jul Leaping the Barrier 20-07-2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Meet at Pullman Melbourne on the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne Talk 20 Jul 20 Jul Bird’s Eye View 20-07-2024 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM Lecture Theatre at Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Panel discussion 20 Jul 20 Jul The Mysteries and Mayhem of Early Melbourne 20-07-2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Conversation 20 Jul 20 Jul A Viewing of Rare Bird Books 20-07-2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM Learning Lab at Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Display 19 Jul 19 Jul My Life in Readings 19-07-2024 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Interview 19 Jul 19 Jul Sectarian Riot? Coverup? 19-07-2024 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM Tonic House, 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Talk 19 Jul 19 Jul The Oldest Book in the Supreme Court Library 19-07-2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Supreme Court Library, 210 William Street, Melbourne Talk 19 Jul 19 Jul Re-creating Samuel Johnson’s Library 19-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Multipurpose Room 1, Kathleen Syme Community Centre, 252 Faraday Street, Carlton Talk 19 Jul 19 Jul ‘Good price, reliable recipes, great photos’ 19-07-2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online Event Talk 18 Jul 18 Jul Noted Donations to the Melbourne Public Library 18-07-2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Tonic House, 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Talk 29 Jul 29 Jul - 29 Jul Meet me at the book Fair 29-07-2023 11:00 AM - 29-07-2023 12:00 PM Wilson Hall University of Melbourne. Meet in the foyer Tour 27 Jul 27 Jul - 29 Jul RARE BOOK FAIR 27-07-2023 - 29-07-2023 Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne (via Monash Road) Book Fair 26 Jul 26 Jul - 26 Jul Female Australian Poets of the First World War 26-07-2023 06:30 PM - 26-07-2023 07:30 PM 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Talk 26 Jul 26 Jul - 26 Jul The Bounty and Beyond 26-07-2023 05:00 PM - 26-07-2023 06:30 PM Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne LaunchTalk 1 2 →