City of Melbourne Libraries

Join Laura J Carroll for a fascinating look behind the scenes at the creation of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance in her graphic novel Making the Shrine: stories from Victoria’s war memorial'. 

Learn about the competition for its design, the eleventh-hour campaign that forced it into existence, the community enterprise that helped to fund it and the hardship and struggle that came with its creation.

“Melbourne’s Shrine is a storied place and those stories have greater diversity and reach than you can imagine. Which is why we need an artist as gifted as Laura J Carroll to have used her talent, research-skills and imagination to produce such an unexpected and remarkable history. Making the Shrine is a unique and extraordinary book" - Sophie Cunningham <br><BR>

Laura J Carroll is a nonfiction writer and an artist interested in stories about Australian places and lives. She has worked in universities, local government and museums, and has published on topics ranging from the Ern Malley poems, to the houses painted by Howard Arkley, to the film Dogs in Space. She lives in North Melbourne with her teenage son and two strictly indoor cats. Making the Shrine is her first graphic novel.