It’s not what is on the page: Story time with the Melbourne Art Book Fair; Melbourne Design Week

Readings Emporium, Woiwurrung Country, Emporium Melbourne, Shop 1-016/287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Join Christine Gordon, Readings programming manager as she discusses the art of art books with Readings’s former Art Book Buyer, Margaret Snowdon.

Publishing art books is a particular type of madness surely: and purchasing beautifully illustrated hardback art books is not for the faint hearted. Do only art lovers buy these books? Have art books changed? Do art books increase in value? How do you look after books that feature art, artists and collectors. Find out, and become involved in a discussion about what’s on our shelves and walls and why.

This event is free to attend but bookings are essential.

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