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Charles and Barbara Blackman
This ebook has a fixed layout and is best viewed on a widescreen, full-colour tablet. When Christabel Blackman's mother turned ninety, they celebrated by sifting through Barbara's old documents: diaries, photos, manuscripts - and a fragile old folder, tied with a ribbon. This held letters from a love long past between Christabel's parents. It was a portal into a decade of art and love between Charles and Barbara Blackman. Set against the burgeoning cultural art scene of 1950s Melbourne, among the soon-to-become legendary artists of the Heide group, Christabel weaves the story of Charles and Barbara and the influence they had on each other, and on the Australian art world. These handwritten l...
All My Januaries
'Somewhere in this world, in this lifetime, there is a place of simple things, of sitting beside a fire with friends, good company, quietly talking, no formidable decisions, no explanations, no threat, no guilt, no anguish. These are the days for walking on country roads.' From iconic author and patron of the Arts, Barbara Blackman, comes All My Januaries, a new collection of insightful and inspirational personal essays.
Portrait of a Friendship
For 50 years, Judith and Barbara were fond friends. Their letters record a lively conversation between two equally strong women writers, who both relished the play and beauty of words and whose first and most powerful link was through poetry.
Glass After Glass
'Glass after Glass introduces us to the secret and fascinating world of Barbara Blackman ... she has used her blindness as a shortcut to a world of wonder that many of us fail to see.' -- Betty Churcher AO, former director, National Gallery of AustraliaA vivid, generous delightful memoir of family, friends, writing, art, bohemia, blindness, poverty, prosperity and love of life from acclaimed poet and writer Barbara Blackman.'Brightness and sunshine pour from every page of this book. The brightness of the spirit, informed by love and nourished by the enchantment of everyday life ... it is a mad, beautiful book full of dreams and fancies and homely realities and idealism ... when you have finished reading it you will be a happier person than you were before you began' -- The Canberra TimesFirst published in 1997, Glass after Glass was shortlisted for the Nita Kibble Literary Award the following year.Barbara Blackman AO is a poet and writer. She's a patron of the arts and has been actively involved in supporting the blind, including the formation of the National Federation of Blind Citizens. 'Seeing from Within', a documentary about her life, was released in 2017.
Sunday's Kitchen
Sunday Reed was a passionate cook and gardener, who believed in home-grown produce, seasonal cooking and a communal table. Sunday's Kitchen tells the story of food and living at the home of John and Sunday Reed, two of Australia's most significant art benefactors. Settling on the fifteen-acre property in 1935, the Reeds transformed it from a run-down dairy farm into a fertile creative space for artists such as Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Charles Blackman. Richly illustrated with art, photographs-many previously unpublished-and recipes from Sunday's personal collection, Sunday's Kitchen recreates Heide's compelling and complex story.
"Australian Art and Artists in London, 1950?965 "
Subtle and wide-ranging in its account, this study explores the impact of Australian art in Britain in the two decades following the end of World War II and preceding the 'Swinging Sixties'. In a transitional period of decolonization in Britain, Australian painting was briefly seized upon as a dynamic and reinvigorating force in contemporary art, and a group of Australian artists settled in London where they held centre stage with group and solo exhibitions in the capital's most prestigious galleries. The book traces the key influences of Sir Kenneth Clark, Bernard Smith and Bryan Robertson in their various (and varying) roles as patrons, ideologues, and entrepreneurs for Australian art, as ...
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Beyond the Picket Fence
Beyond the picket fence is the first exhibition mounted by the National library of Australia solely to display women's art held in its collections. The Library is one of 128 galleries, museums and libraries around Australia celebrating women's creativity in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of International Women's Year in 1995.
Leeward
‘For my first ten years I grew up in Lavender Bay with the smell of salt water, in houses facing the grey curved eye of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. There was a distant rumble, like thunder, when trains went across.’ This is a lyrical and honest memoir of a poet’s life in Sydney. From Lavender Bay to Lindfield, Geoff Lehmann tells the story of his life as a poet, tax lawyer, member of the Sydney Push, single father to three small children and finally, a happily married man who returns to poetry writing and translation. His life and work crosses with some of the leading cultural figures of the twentieth century and beyond – Les Murray, Judith Wright, Christopher Brennan, Clive James. He traces the contours of his own life and his family history, and the contours of particular slice of Sydney.
Words to Walk by
Nick Earls, Janette Turner Hospital, David Malouf, John Birmingham, Andrew McGahan, Thea Astley, Venero Armanno, Rebecca Sparrow, Thomas ShapcottFrom Malouf to McGahan, from Shapcott to Sparrow, Words to Walk Byunveils Brisbane through the lives and works of the city's best-loved authors. With 25 scenic walks through Brisbane's literary past and present, this pocket-sized guide is the essential accessory for walking enthusiasts, history and literary buffs alike.The walks, complete with detailed maps, span from the city to the bayside suburbs, covering Brisbane's landmark cultural and historical sites, while taking in the iconic sub-tropical landscape.Explore Brisbane's rich literary heritage by re-discovering your favourite novels, characters and settings, and learning about the writers who created them.
