Clunes Booktown Festival 2023

On Sunday 26 March I’ll be joining fellow visual artists Simon Perry, Philip Faulks & Darcy McConnell (ENOKi) at Clunes Booktown 2023 for Not just a pretty picture, an informal panel discussion chaired by Michelle Ely. We look forward to seeing you there. 

Pictured top: Double page view from There was once… The collected fairy tales published by Deborah Klein, Moth Woman Press, 2009. 

For further information, scroll down to Blog Post Wednesday, February 22.

📖Not just a pretty picture
🗓Sunday 26 March, 1.00pm
📍Esmond Gallery, Clunes 
🎫For tickets, go HERE.

Stocking Fillers

Like it or not, the Festive Season is well and truly upon us and if, like me, you’re determined to remain in denial for as long as is humanly possible, here is a modest suggestion for some last minute stocking fillers.

Today I delivered extra copies of my books, There was once… and Fallen Women, together with a selection  of limited edition Moth Woman Press mini-zines, to Playing in the Attic, Ballarat (see above and below, in situ). Click on images for an enlarged view. 

Helmed by the lovely Trudy McLaughlin, this “curious extraordinarium of papery delights”  is currently open every day until Christmas. 

Playing in the Attic

119a Sturt Street

Ballarat

Victoria 3350

Australia 

Christmas hours: 10 am - 4pm daily 

Phone: 0428580309

Email: trudymac@bigpond.com.au

Moth Migration Project

Moth Woman Press publications at Moth Migration Project, Oak Hill
Gallery, Mornington

The well-travelled Moth Migration Project alights on Oak Hill Gallery this coming Sunday. In celebration of this and all things Moth, a selection of Moth Woman Press publications will be available for the duration of the show. Among them is There was once... the collected fairy tales, our illustrated anthology that includes The Story of the Moth Masks (also in zine form) The Moth Queen and the Wasp, The Moth and the Butterflies and Moth Eaten.

Oak Hill Gallery

100 Mornington-Tyabb Rd

Mornington Vic 3931

Open daily 11 am - 4 pm

Phone:(03) 5973 4299

E-mail: art@oakhillgallery.com.au

Moth Migration Project opens on Sunday 1st September from 2 - 4 pm and continues until 30th September.

More MWP publications at PLAYING IN THE ATTIC

The diminutive but delightful Playing in the Attic is one of our favourite stores in Ballarat. Helmed by the equally delightful Trudy MacLauchlan, it specialises in products primarily sourced from local makers, including a plethora of Moth Woman Press publications: postcards, zines and our small fairytale anthology, There was once...  
Playing in the Attic is also the sole stockist of our recently published book, Fallen Women. (For individual page views, go HERE).

Also in stock as of this week are the four remaining copies of our zine, A Short Book About Long Hair. Signed and limited to an edition of 60, this was the very first zine published by Moth Woman Press, and we're still rather proud of it. The zine is held in the permanent collections of the State Library of Victoria and the National Library of Australia.

Playing in the Attic
119a Sturt Street
Ballarat Victoria 3350
AUSTRALIA

Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10 am - 4pm
Phone: 0428580309
Email: trudymac@bigpond.com.au

Another Zine for Eventide

In the past week, activity on the cutting boards at Moth Woman Press reached fever pitch, as we made up zines and mini-zines for Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and the National Library of Australia in Canberra (more about the latter in forthcoming posts).

Directly below are a series of progress views of MWP's latest mini-zine, The Enchanted Hair Ornaments. The pocket-sized zine is now on display in the shop at MPRG, together with its sister zine, The Story of the Moth Masks and There was once... The collected fairy tales, the book that not only spawned both of them, but also Moth Woman Press. The shop will stock all three MWP publications for the duration of the group exhibition Eventide, namely 13 May-3 July.

Both mini-zines are signed, limited editions of 100 and retail for $4.00.

For further information, scroll down to previous post.

Natural Histories Exhibition at Chrysalis Gallery

To see a slideshow of the exhibition, photographed by Tim Gresham, click HERE.

Images from top:

The Enchanted Hair Ornaments, a multi-paneled painting incorporating the text of what became the first of my fairy tales, eventually leading to the compilation of the anthology There was once...

There was once... The collected fairy tales - Special Edition. This (and the following) photograph by Tim Gresham.

Winged Women linocuts and There was once...

Foreground, left: Andrew Gunnell of Chrysalis Gallery pictured with Joy Smith and the irreplaceable Doug Willis, who was responsible for the layout (and much, much more) for There was once... Photograph by Shane Jones.

From left: Shane Jones, Deborah Klein, Sue, Peg Johnstone. Photograph by Shirley Murdoch.

Chrysalis Director Delwyn Freestone with Shane Jones

Winged Women linocuts, installation view, Gallery 2

Pictured (in background, left) with last day visitors Leigh Hobbs, Dmiti Kakmi, Robert Heather and Edwina Bach. Photograph by Shane Jones.

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There was once... latest news

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There was once... The collected fairy tales is now available at the bookshop of the Art Gallery of Ballarat, one of our favourite regional galleries.

Melbourne launch of 'There was once... The Collected Fairy Tales

From top:
Moth Eaten (excerpt)
A Thousand Words (excerpt)

Come along and help me celebrate the book’s official Melbourne launch.

Opening remarks by Robert Heather, Manager, Events and Exhibitions, State Library of Victoria.

Tuesday, December 1 at 6.30 pm at:

Chapman and Bailey
350 Johnston Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Ph:(03) 9415 8666 Fax:(03) 9415 8811
Email: info@chapmanbailey.com.au