Dr Phillip Law died yesterday, at the age of 97, in Melbourne. I had known him since 1999, when I first started working on the arrangement and description of his records at his home in Canterbury. I should write more about this, but right now I’d just like to remember him.
When he moved from Canterbury [...]
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Libraries Australia – connecting people with books!
I love the National Library of Australia for many reasons. This is one of them. They do many things right web-wise and deliver on their promise to reach out and engage with the community. The PictureAustralia-Flickr project is a case in hand.
Another case is the Libraries Australia service and the potential it allows for building [...]
My gorgeous, beautiful website
I love my gorgeous, beautiful new website. Having my first book, Blue Mauritius, published and about to be released in the UK seemed a good reason to finally get myself on the web in this blog form.
There are currently only two copies in Australia, and I have them both. His and hers you might say. [...]
First book, snap
My friend of longest standing (let’s not mention the word oldest – entirely inappropriate now we’re into the fourth decade and best avoided), Angela Savage, and I have both had our first books published within several months of each other.
I took this photograph at her launch in June at Readings, Carlton. A very happy occasion [...]