A Room of One’s Own
Melbourne Rare Book Week
This lecture introduces the Library’s pioneering Women Writers Fund, established in 2021 with founding donations from Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Helen Sykes, and subsequently also supported by the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust. The Fund enables the library to collect the voices of women who have been under-represented in the State Collection for historical reasons. After a brief exploration of the library’s collecting practice in its early decades, Dr Welch will introduce 10 highlights from the Women Writers Fund that bring its purpose alive and encourages engagement with this important collecting enterprise. Theatrette, Entry 4, 179 La Trobe Street
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