Louise Anemaat on the unseen art of the First Fleet
Watch Louise Anemaat present the 2019 Foxcroft Lecture on early-colonial artworks acquired by the State Library of NSW in 2011.
1 Mar 2019 Duration: 52:14
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Jean-Dominique Mellot on policing the Parisian book trade
Presenting the 2018 Foxcroft Lecture, hear Jean-Dominique Mellot discuss police surveillance of the Parisian book trade in the 1750s.
28 Jun 2018 Duration: 59:36
Michelle P Brown on the art of the islands
Listen to a lecture by Professor Michelle P Brown on Celtic, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking visual culture in Britain and Ireland.
31 Jan 2018 Duration: 01:04:06
Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen on the Vagabond
Watch a discussion on the journalist known as the Vagabond, with historian Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen.
15 Sep 2016 Duration: 42:17
Donald Kerr on collectors
Listen to the 2015 Foxcroft lecture presented by Donald Kerr, discussing the libraries of three notable New Zealand book collectors.
20 Jul 2015 Duration: 50:12
Julius Bryant on the Victoria and Albert Museum and its library
Step inside London’s world-renowned V&A with the museum's keeper of Word and Image, Julius Bryant.
23 Mar 2015 Duration: 01:01:23
Guillaume Fau on Victor Hugo and the making of a national collection
Learn the significance of Victor Hugo’s bequest to the Bibliothèque nationale de France in this inspiring talk by Guillaume Fau.
20 Jul 2014 Duration: 45:56
Charles Melville on the ‘arts of the book’ and diffusion of Persian culture
Join Professor Charles Melville on a magic carpet ride into the exquisite world of Persian manuscripts.
3 Jul 2012 Duration: 48:59
Des Cowley on artists’ books
What are artists’ books and why are there so many in the Library’s Rare Printed collections?
25 Oct 2011 Duration: 2:55