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Library Today
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Office Bearers since 1839. Frank Van Straten's Reflections. Alan Winn, Film Projectionist. The Depression and a World War. The library of the Melbourne Athenaeum remains a subscription library, with very reasonable fees considering the high cost of books. Providing a peaceful and welcoming space in the centre of the bustling city, the library attracts people who love books and love to read this is the library you wish was your own. Members are regularly invited to unique events held at the library: book ...
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The Library
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Office Bearers since 1839. Frank Van Straten's Reflections. Alan Winn, Film Projectionist. The Depression and a World War. A corner in the library today. The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, a spacious, quiet and light-filled centre for book-lovers started as a collection of donated books in a small rented house at the corner of Queen Street and Bourke Street. In 1843 the Library was moved to the ground floor of the Mechanics' Institution's new, two-storey building in Collins Street. Over the years there wer...
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eBooks
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Literary Awards and Book Lists. Book and Screen Clubs. The library has a wide collection of both fiction and non-fiction titles from OverDrive which can be accessed through the library's online catalogue from anywhere in the world. For help getting started feel free to ask a staff member at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We're always happy to help! By logging in with your username and password you will have 24/7 access to our eBook collection.
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Literary Awards and Book Lists
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Literary Awards and Book Lists. Book and Screen Clubs. Literary Awards and Book Lists. The Athenaeum Library's most popular titles of 2015. The girl on the train. The narrow road to the deep north. 2015 Man Booker Prize Shortlist. A Brief History of Seven Killings. The Year of the Runaways. A Spool of Blue Thread. Interactive Man Booker Prize timeline. 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlist. Black Rock White City. The Natural Way of Things. Previous Miles Franklin Winners. Young adult fiction -.
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Partnerships
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Literary Awards and Book Lists. Book and Screen Clubs. For the fifth consecutive year, the Melbourne Athenaeum Library is supporting the famed Scarlet Stiletto Awards with $1500 in prize money offered for the awards' Body in the Library category. The annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards, run by Sisters in Crime Australia, are a crime and mystery short story competition conceived in Victoria in 1994 with the purpose of discovering and supporting new female talent. Has information for would-be award entrants.
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Events
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Literary Awards and Book Lists. Book and Screen Clubs. Rare Book Week July 14-24, 2016. Open House Melbourne July 30-31, 2016. History Week October 16-23, 2016. International Games Day @ Your Library November 9, 2016. Blindside Festival August 34-September 3, 2016. International TableTop Day April 30, 2016. We will also be participating in:. Nite Art Dates TBA. Board Games Day at the Athenaeum. Wednesday Lunchtime Book Club: Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'. Board Games Day at the Athenaeum.
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Partnerships
http://melbourneathenaeum.org.au/index.php/partnerships/partnerships
Literary Awards and Book Lists. Book and Screen Clubs. For the fifth consecutive year, the Melbourne Athenaeum Library is supporting the famed Scarlet Stiletto Awards with $1500 in prize money offered for the awards' Body in the Library category. The annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards, run by Sisters in Crime Australia, are a crime and mystery short story competition conceived in Victoria in 1994 with the purpose of discovering and supporting new female talent. Has information for would-be award entrants.
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History
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Literary Awards and Book Lists. Book and Screen Clubs. The Melbourne Athenaeum was founded in 1839 as the Melbourne Mechanics' Institution. Its purpose was "the diffusion of literary, scientific and other useful knowledge to members and the general public" and this was achieved by maintaining a library, museum and reading room, and offering classes and lectures. The Story of the Kelly Gang. Was premiered, as was the first 'talkie',. The building housed Victoria's first art gallery and the stage of the At...
