Wednesday 29 July 2026, 4:00-5:00pm
State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Irish Texts in State Library Victoria’s Rare Books Collection
State Library Victoria houses a range of important Irish works that document the history of printing in Latin, Irish and English. This viewing will explore a range of unusual historical, linguistic and literary works, the debates they generated, and their representation of continuing literary traditions. Featured will be texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century by authors such as Roderic O’Flaherty (1629-1718) and Thomas Carve (1590-1672), the Paris works of Hugh MacCurtin (1680-1755) and James Joyce, through to the migrant fiction of Mary Ann Sadlier and literary texts of the Celtic Revival.
Speaker: Kevin Molloy. Held at the Digital Laboratory, SLV.
About Melbourne Rare Book Week
Rare Book Week is an annual, Melbourne-wide program of free talks and events that celebrate the importance of books, literacy and literature in our lives. It has become a key event in literary Melbourne’s calendar since 2012.
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