Arts & Books: Public Lectures

‘Art & Books’ is an engrossing six-part lecture series with Associate Professor Sam Bowker for the Booranga Writers' Centre, exploring the history and artistry of books from the past, present and future. Join us from 5:30pm to 6:30pm on Thursday evenings, foyer bar open from 5pm.

Thursday 31 July 2025 - The Book: History & Artistry

Thursday 7 August 2025 - European Illumination

Thursday 14 August 2025 - Arabic & Persian Manuscripts

Thursday 21 August 2025 - Incunabula! Rise of Printed Books

Thursday 28 August 2025 - Picturebooks, Comics & Manga

Thursday 4 September 2025 - The Future of the Book

Dr Sam Bowker is Associate Professor in creative art, art history and visual culture at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. His public lecture series include 'The Art of Everywhere Else' (2024 and 2022), ‘Australian Art’ (2019), 'Renaissance Art and Song' (2017), and 'Encounters with Islamic Art' (2016). These superbly illustrated lectures have been described as "vivid, entertaining, thoughtful and illuminating", and "erudite, yet accessible, warm and mesmerising".

You may also like the following events from Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre:

• Next Friday, 11th July, 09:30 am, One Book One Wagga in Wagga Wagga
• This month, 26th July, 09:00 am, YOU GOT IT - A Salute to Roy Orbison in Wagga Wagga
• Next month, 23rd August, 10:00 am, Lawrence Mooney: Dead Set Country in Wagga Wagga

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