A big day with a choice of SIX events to choose to attend at Melbourne Rare Book Week.

I began with The MV Anderson Chess collection at State Library of Victoria. I knew that there was an impressive chess book collection and wanted to know the story behind it, I also saw the possibility of drawing something to do with chess and a black and white theme, There is a large chess set outside the State Library of Victoria, so I drew a few pieces before going inside.

Then onto the iconic Melbourne Cricket Club at the MCG for a presentation and book launch on “Oppy” the life of Sir Hubert Opperman, whose epic feats captivated the cycling world. 

Finally to Dark Tales: gothic traditions in children’s books & fairy tales. This is part of the Gothic series presented by Melbourne Library Service. Below is my drawing for the poster for this event. I am thinking of selling this as a print…