Friends of the University of Adelaide Library
Patron - Lady Downer
Events | Barr Smith Discovery Series
| Author and Scholar Events | Independent
Theatre partnership | University Theatre Guild Benefits
| Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshop Benefits
The aims of the Network are to :
- promote and foster interest and support for the University libraries and their development from Alumni and the wider community;
- increase and broaden knowledge of the collections and services of the University libraries and their role in writing, research, scholarship and community information;
- develop relationships with other libraries, with cultural organizations and with appropriate commercial organizations for the benefit of members in Australia and overseas and
- raise funds for the University libraries.
Program and activities
- Invitations to functions, and joint functions with other libraries and cultural organisations.
- Invitations and reduced rates to concerts sponsored by the Barr Smith Library such as the Flight of Ideas Chamber Choir.
- Reciprocal rights at some other cultural institutions in Australia and overseas through associated membership of the AFFM (Australian Federation of Friends of Museums) and the WFFM (World Federation of Friends of Museums).
- Opportunities to support the restoration, preservation and digitisation of rare works.
Upcoming Events
Blue Jeans and Jungle Greens: Revisiting the Sixties and Seventies |
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Venue |
History Trust Exhibition Gallery: Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Drive |
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Showing until 21 August 2009 |
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9.30am – 4.00pm Weekdays (closed weekends and public holidays) |
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Admission is free: gold coin donation invited. |
| Contact |
Kate Walsh or Mandy Paul, Community History Unit, History Trust of South Australia on telephone: 08 8203 9888 or email staff@history.sa.gov.au |
The 60s and 70s was a period of political tensions and social change, not least in South Australia. For some, the period was defined by the experience of the year-long 'tour of duty' in Vietnam; for others it was the exhilaration of activism in the Moratorium Movement, or causes such as women's liberation, gay rights or Aboriginal rights.
Speaker events will be held in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide at 6.00pm for 6.30pm start.
For further information please visit the History Trust of South Australia website. |
The Friends of the Library have collaborated with the History Trust in arranging a series of associated speaker events to accompany the exhibition, Blue Jeans and Jungle Greens, including:
Dr. Graham Willett: Duncan’s Dead But We’re Alive: Lesbian and Gay Activism in South Australia in the Seventies
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide |
| Date |
12 June 2008 |
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6.00pm for 6.30pm start |
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Admission is free and open to the public. Gold coin donation invited. |
| Contact |
Bookings by 10 June to robina.weir@adelaide.edu.au or phone +61 8303 4064 |
Adelaide was at the centre of Australian lesbian and gay politics. From the murder of Dr Duncan and the nation’s first (and second!) attempt at homosexual law reform and the Third National Homosexual Conference, Adelaide had it all.
Graham Willett teaches at the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne and is president of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives. He is author of Living Out Loud, a history of lesbian and gay activism in Australia. |
Barr Smith Discovery Series
The Barr Smith Discovery Series is an occasional
one hour lunch time series offering first hand accounts of discoveries in the
Barr Smith Library and the use of the collections for research. The series is
free and open to all. The inaugural occasion was with Jean Fornasiero and John
West-Sooby speaking on Reading Baudin's Books, 'Rediscovering a Discoverer'. Watch
this space for future occasions.
Past Barr Smith Discovery Series Events include:
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Author and Scholar events proudly sponsored by
Unibooks and Wines by Brick Kiln and Wirra Wirra Vineyards.
These events offer Friends the opportunity to hear and engage with distinguished
names in writing and scholarship. The events are free and open to all, with gold
coin donation invited. Join the Friends to be kept informed of future Author and
Scholar events.
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Carmel Bird on Writing Fiction: 'working my way through the colour chart' |
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide |
| Date |
29 May 2008 |
| Time |
6.00pm for 6.30pm start |
| Cost |
Admission is free and open to the public. Gold coin donation invited. |
| Contact |
Bookings by 27 May to robina.weir@adelaide.edu.au or phone +61 8303 4064 |
Carmel Bird's most recent fiction is the collection The Essential Bird and the novel Cape Grimm. Her works have been short listed for major awards, including the Miles Franklin, and she has assisted creative writing in Australia with her books Writing the Story of Your Life and Dear Writer.
For further information please visit the website. Seating is limited. |
Past Author and Scholar Events include:
- Manning Clark & the Muses by Stuart Macintyre - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- American Journeys with Don Watson - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Associate Professor Amanda Nettelbeck and Dr. Robert Foster - In the name of the law: William Willshire and the policing of the Australian frontier - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Professor Brian Howe -"Weighing Up Australian Values: Turning Risks Into Opportunities" - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Thomas Homer-Dixon - The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Professor Sue Sheridan on Thea Astley's brilliant career - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Hazel Rowley - The Ups, the Downs: My Life as a Biographer - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Jane Rogers - From first inkling to first draft - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Dr John Hatch on Geoff Harcourt - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Dr Miller Goss on Ruby Payne-Scott
- Marion Halligan - The Benevolence of Murder: Death, guilt and happy endings
- "Aboriginal Massacre in Tasmania? An Investigation" - a talk by Professor Lyndall Ryan
- Dr Anne Summers
in conversation with Carol Treloar and Sandy Pitcher
- Professor Eugene
LeMire on William Morris
- Susan Magarey
on Catherine Helen Spence
- Murray Bail
in conversation with Nicholas Jose
- Chris Daniels:
Adelaide: Nature of a City
- Gay Bilson - Winner of 2005 Age Book of the Year Award and 2005 Kibble Award
for women writers
- Tom Shapcott - Patrick White Award recipient and Foundation Professor of Creative
Writing at Adelaide University
- Eva Sallis - Winner
of 1997 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
- Peter Goldsworthy
- Multiple award winning author and Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia
Council and Chair of the Libraries board of South Australia;
- J.M Coetzee
- Nobel Laureate and Twice Booker Prize Winner
- Jon Marans - Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1996
- David
Malouf - one of Australia's most widely acclaimed authors
- Mem Fox - leading childrens
author and educationalist
- Barbara
Santich - distinguished writer on food history and gastronomy
- Sean Williams
- New York Times best selling South Australian speculative fiction writer - Click here to access a recording of the presentation
- Jack
Turner - travellor and author of Spice: the history of a temptation.
- Tim Flannery - Director of the South Australian Museum and leading science
and ecology writer
- Nicholas
Jose - Recovering Australian literature Scoping a new Anthology of Australian
Writing
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Independent Theatre partnership
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| Friends receive a $25 concession ticket price and may also subscribe
at the concession rate of $60 for all three Independent
Theatre productions of the year.
Subscribers also receive a free program for each production. Friends are also
offered direct booking facilities, avoiding the BASS booking fee. Friends can
call 8294 4551 and book their tickets by Visa, Bankcard or Mastercard, tickets
to be collected at the Box Office 15 minutes prior to performances with your Friends
membership card.
All productions are at The Odeon, Queen St/The Parade, Norwood. For more details
about Independent Theatre email: email@independenttheatre.org.au.
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University Theatre Guild Benefits
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| The University
Theatre Guild offers Friends two tickets per member at the special price for
Theatre Guild performances. Please book direct with Melanie Hibberd 8303 5999
or email melanie.hibberd@adelaide.edu.au. |
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Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshop Benefits
The following second hand and antiquarian booksellers offer Friends a 10% discount
on all book purchases made at their stores on production of their membership cards.
Adelaide Booksellers
1st Floor, 6A Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph 08 8410 0216
Email: books@adelaidebooksellers.com.au
Web site: www.adelaidebooksellers.com.au
Beulah Park Books
325 The Parade
Beulah Park SA 5067
Ph 08 8331 0005
Email: bpbooks@bigpond.net.au
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
196 North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph 08 8223 1111
Email: treloars@treloars.com
Web site: www.treloars.com
Michael Treloar's
Antique Market Bookroom
32 Grote Street
Adelaide SA 5000
(personal shopping only)
This vast collection is tucked away at the back of the Antique Market
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Contact Details
Paul Wilkins
Secretary
Email: paul.wilkins@adelaide.edu.au
President of the Friends of the University of Adelaide Library
Professor Susan Magarey
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