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Did you miss our @RareBookWeek talk last week with @clemloz ? Good news, it's now available to watch on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/wm7jeE0RYdE
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I’ll be on ABC Radio Melbourne at 9pm with @CherylCritchley talking sports history, the treasures of the @MelbCCLibrary and archival research in the lead up to @RareBookWeek 📚 Tune in!
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You were both fabulous, and very informative. Looking forward to having you here on the panel for our Sports Rare Book discussion on July 24.
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Join the madcap maestro behind the Instagram cult-hit Melbourne Ghost Signs, for a night drenched in stories, histories and mysteries! This event will be live-streamed, so choose the "online" ticket option to watch online, live or on-demand! eventbrite.com.au/e/north-me… @RareBookWeek
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We are pleased to open our new photographic exhibition Collective City as part of @RareBookWeek & @OpenHouseMelb. An amazing turn out tonight to celebrate the photographers whose works were selected for display alongside PROV and @naagovau collections.
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5. Use our innovative new pilot Virtual Reading Room service for your own one-on-one session with one of our #RareBooks using high-resolution cameras and video conferencing technology 👀📚🔎
👉go.unimelb.edu.au/43me
ALT Aged, bound book lying on white pillow with corded book weights.
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It's today! Thanks to the 55 that have RSVPed to come and listen to us get excited over our recently acquired rare books (and some old favourites) See you at @MelbCC at 1pm. @RareBookWeek #Raresportsbooksandephemera
You'll be knocked for six by some of the rare items that have entered the @MelbCCLibrary collection recently
Join a panel of sports writers and historians for a discussion on trends in rare sports book collecting over the past few years on 26 July:
rarebooksmelbourne.com/event…
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DONT FORGET we have our @RareBookWeek next week!
Our Collections Librarian, @BiblioEll will take us on an immersive journey through #PMIVicHistoryLibrary archive.
🗓️ Tues 25th July @ 7pm.
📍 PMI Victorian History Library
💰 Gold Coin for entry
🔗trybooking.com/CHKVV
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📖 Raring to go!
Melbourne Rare Book Week kicks off on 21 July!
A highlight of Rare Book Week is @rarebookfair.
As well as preparing to host some fabulous events at @Library_Vic, our librarians have been perusing some rare titles in preparation.
slv.vic.gov.au/rare-book-wee…
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This year @RareBookWeek is back and we are delighted to be part of it 🎉
Immerse yourself in the ephemera, dance cards, petitions, plans and registers that make up our Library's own history.
🗓️ Tuesday 25th July @ 7 pm.
🔗 Click the to register trybooking.com/CHKVV
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Do you remember the atmosphere in Fed Square when the Socceroos scored against Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Nathan Coote captured the energy in this photo, which forms part of "Collective City". Join us on opening night, part of @RareBookWeek: eventbrite.com.au/e/collecti…
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Sally Coggle's "You Make Me Feel So Good" is one of the images selected for "Collective City", our upcoming exhibition featuring contemporary street photographers alongside archival images of Melbourne. Join us for opening night, part of @RareBookWeek: eventbrite.com.au/e/collecti…
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RARE BOOK WEEK on the comeback trail after lockdowns. Quite a few events around #Melbourne for literary types and old book lovers. Look out for this booklet or head to their website @RareBookWeek @MelCityofLit @Library_Vic #libraries #booklovers #fortheloveofbooks #rarebookweek
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Get your @RareBookWeek fix by listening to presentations by me, @nicolekearney, and Dan Wee @monashunilib on marketing and promoting special libraries and collections, and @MaryanneMcc on thefts in collecting institutions, both recorded from the 2019 event
Calling all bookworms! 📚🐛 If you love rare and antiquarian books as much as we do, you can now listen to some of our very own museum staff in these selected recordings from #Melbourne #RareBookWeek in 2019. #MRBW
✨👉 fal.cn/39wIV
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Bookworks: An exhibition of contemporary artist book publishing that brings together six of the world’s leading exponents to @mumamonash. Opening 24 July. Don't miss this independent art 'library'!
Bookworks, contemporary artists' book publishing, opening Wednesday 24 July, 6pm!
Organised by Warren Taylor @monashada, featuring works by Adam Cruickshank, Will Holder, Olaf Nicolai, Roma Publications, Batia Suter, Ella Sutherland
bit.ly/2JkT4LZ
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Over 1600 out of copyright #RareBooks on alchemy, astrology, magic, and other occult subjects have been digitised and are now freely available thanks to @RitmanLibrary and Da Vinci Code author @AuthorDanBrown
Find out more on @openculture 👇🏼
openculture.com/2018/02/1600…
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Absolutely loved the @RareBookWeek #RareBookFair in Melbourne...some truly amazing items I never expected to see outside a library. My thanks to all the exhibitors for sharing their passion. Now I have to work out how to pack my suitcase!
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Wonderful 18th century #cookbook manuscript - anyone got any spare viperes preparés? @RareBookWeek Fair #mrbw2019
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What's on this weekend across our City of Literature?
Lots of @RareBookWeek, the usual plentitude of @melbspokenword and a few other tasty tidbits!
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Just visited the Rare Book Fair at @unimelb - here’s a few low quality photos of some very high quality items
If you’re in Melbourne I’d highly recommend a browse this weekend, even if you don’t have the budget!
rarebookfair.com
#RareBooks #OldBooks @RareBookWeek
