Stuart Kells
@stuartkells.bsky.social
History of books, history of money. Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Institute #UniMelb. Editor #LibraryPlanet. Author of Alice, The Library, Shakespeare’s Library, Penguin & the Lane Brothers
A pair of happy birds sitting in the margin of Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaicæ (Lübeck, 1475-76). In the library of the Earls of Sunderland at Blenheim Palace, sold in 1882 to @quaritch1847.bsky.social, from whom likely bought by William Morris. Now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.1.A.14.1[1013.1-2].
lāð, adj: hostile, malign, bearing hate toward another. (LAWTH / ˈlaːθ) Image: Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 168v. #OldEnglish #WOTD
#Breaking this classic #ACDC performance to be recreated in MEL 💙 #musicsky #skytv youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...
AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top [Official Music Video], Full HD (Remaster, Resync and Upscale)
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This from 2022 ‘The election is over. The Libs are tearing themselves and each other apart. There is serious talk of a Liberal split.’ w/ @stuartkells.bsky.social #auspol #AusVotes25 #DuttonDumped #ModeratesGone FastFwd. There is serious talk of a Coalition break. www.linkedin.com/pulse/grifts...
Grifts, shifts and splits: Get ready for politics on the wild side, LNP style
The election is over. The Libs are tearing themselves and each other apart.
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#Sorryday ‘Be Brave. Make Change’ Always was, always will be Aboriginal water. @unimelb @stuartkells.bsky.social pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/alw...
Always was and always will be Aboriginal water
Australia needs to have a serious discussion about Indigenous water rights and Indigenous Voice in water management, say University of Melbourne experts.
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First Look 🌱🌸⚜️ This beautifully bound edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass features an elaborate gilt foliate design in an arts and crafts style. You can see this item displayed by Lucius Books at Firsts this year. Find out more: www.firstslondon.com
First Look at another highlight you can see at Firsts 💐 A lovely example of a miniature ‘language of flowers book’ from Camden Lock Books.
NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927–1928 Zwart’s innovative use of bold typography, dynamic layouts, and photomontage transformed otherwise dull topics into avant-garde masterpieces. Grab the facsimile: letterformarchive.org/shop/nkf-pie... #PietZwart #ModernistDesign
Before and After The Day After Judgement by James Blish. 1974, cover art by David Pelham. #booksky
Ken Parille@kenparille.bsky.social · last yr.
Spotted down the shore, in Belmar, NJ (didn't realize there were many more!)
Antiquariat Walter Markov, Bonn - Antifaschistische Tarnschriften & illegale Kleinschriften, Dünndruckschriften 1933–1945 antiquariat-markov.de #Antiquariat
All aboard! Another BlueSky book review "par excellence!"
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last yr.Here on a ship in the wild elemental sea of being
Here is another golden example from the #LibraryStampMadness series: featuring a thoughtful stamped horse connecting humans and the stars. Experts do know that this library stamp is from the HAB Wolfenbüttel. #bookhistory
Sad to hear about the passing of Rosemary Sandberg, co-founder of the Puffin Club with Kaye Webb and later editor of Collins' rival to Puffin, Lions and Picture Lions. I interviewed Rosemary about her fascinating career in 2017, you can read the piece here: tygertale.com/2017/03/28/r...
Rosemary Sandberg – From the Puffin Club to Picture Lions
Last week saw the 50th anniversary of the hugely influential Puffin Club, the children’s book group that brought a generation of readers together with each other and their favourite authors. By coi…
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NEW ESSAY: Ribbons, Bands and Cords – Observations by 18th Century Naturalists and Artists. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ri...
I'm sure one day this will happen to me. #BookChatWeekly #booksky #books #bibliophile #library #antiquebooks #ghost #skeleton #supernatural #paranormal
Book Binding ... OR Torture Device?! #NewberryLibrary (SC1665) 1/?
Some bindings and clasps are truly impressive. This is certainly the case with this 19th-century copy printed in Louvain (R5A12995). #rarebooks #tomorrowsresearch
A poetic BlueSky book review, perfectly executed, profoundly evocative - where's our rocket? #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last yr.My phone reminded me of a poem my daughter & I wrote a year ago. It was just the right time for me to read it again.
What does successful public policy look like, and how has it been achieved in Australia? John Brumby and Stuart Kells, co-authors of "In A Better Australia" joined Per Capita for their March John Cain Lunch. Listen to their speech on the JCL podcast. Now available here: apple.co/3Avhego
Quintessential Australia! A kookaburra in a gum tree with a rainbow behind it. #Birds #Rainbows #Australia
Tiffany Shellam reviews 'Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled' by Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1031...
For National Library Week, we can't recommend enough @shannonmattern.bsky.social's 2014 essay "Library as Infrastructure." A decade on, it remains a potent argument for libraries as social, technological & intellectual infrastructure — part of a critical network of institutions buoying public life.
Library as Infrastructure
Reading room, social service center, innovation lab. How far can we stretch the public library?
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