blarneybooksblarneybookshttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/newsFocus on Poetry!]]>https://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2018/01/01/Focus-on-Poetryhttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2018/01/01/Focus-on-PoetryMon, 01 Jan 2018 05:23:10 +0000]]>Gabrielle Wang comes to Blarney!]]>https://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/12/08/Gabrielle-Wang-comes-to-Blarneyhttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/12/08/Gabrielle-Wang-comes-to-BlarneyFri, 08 Dec 2017 03:37:21 +0000
Make sure you book these sessions quickly as they'll sell out! Gabrielle Wang is an award-winning author/artist, and it is an honour to be able to host her at Blarney!
]]>Crafty Kids Art Class]]>https://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/12/06/Crafty-Kids-Art-Classhttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/12/06/Crafty-Kids-Art-ClassWed, 06 Dec 2017 06:03:49 +0000
Artist Izzy McKirdy will run two art classes:
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Class 1 (ages 6-8): 10.00am - 11.30am
Class 2 (ages 10-12): 2.00pm - 3.30pm
$55 per child / discount for families
These are interactive classes designed to inspire young artists to focus on their artistic skills and techniques. Children will be encouraged to explore and express their creativity through drawing materials. They will develop confidence exploring stippling, hatching, cross hatching, and scribbling.
The children will create an artwork to take home with a colourful underwater or beach scene, including animals that live near the ocean.
Tickets available at:
www.skill-shop.com.au
]]>Album Launch Event]]>https://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/12/04/Album-Launch-Eventhttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/12/04/Album-Launch-EventMon, 04 Dec 2017 11:07:23 +0000
We are proud to welcome Nancie Schipper back to Blarney Books & Art this Saturday night (9 December) for an intimate performance to mark the release of her forthcoming album 'Sleeptalking'.
Momentum has been building for Nancie this year, following shows as part of the 2017 Port Fairy Folk Festival line up, as well as receiving triple j airplay for her latest singles ‘Corner Store’ and ‘Your Eyes’. She received stellar reviews from triple j presenters, dubbing her sound as ‘irresistibly catchy pop music’, and was selected as an Unearthed feature artist. Winning the Unearthed competition ‘Live at the Steps’ saw her open for the likes of Tired Lion, Ruby Fields and Jack River to a crowd of thousands.
Special guest Ben Starkie will join Nancie in this celebration.
All welcome. Doors open at 6.30pm for 7.00pm start. Tickets ($15) available here. Bookings advised.
]]>Ghost Stories Exhibition Launch]]>https://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/11/17/Ghost-Stories-Book-Exhibition-Launchhttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/11/17/Ghost-Stories-Book-Exhibition-LaunchFri, 17 Nov 2017 05:38:43 +0000
You are invited to the launch of the Port Fairy Ghost Stories art exhibition.
Saturday, 2 December, 6pm. Free event - all welcome. A light supper & drinks will be provided.
A local, not-for-profit collective have collated some of the town's spookiest stories - stories of hauntings, visitations and chilling occurrences - into one phantastic volume. No small effort, the team - Maria Cameron, Rod Muir, Julie Hoey and headed by Tracie Griffith - have spent months chasing leads, interviewing people, gathering references, sources, and generally running themselves ragged to pull this together. The project has received funding from the Moyne Shire and the Port Fairy Folk Festival.
To enhance the storytelling, artists from the region were invited to create their own spine-tingling artworks for the book. These artists include: Berit Hampel, Sidney Sprague, Liz Gannon, Kate Blom, Tony Ashby, Kathryn Weatherly, Tracie Griffith, Jeanie Gleeson, Codi Loader, Eileen Curd, Gareth Colliton, Jarrah Wishart, Julie Hoey, Paige Ferguson, and a special 'tag & release' invention from the wild imagination of Robert Gatt. These artworks will be on display (and for sale) at Blarney until the end of January 2018.
Whether you're a believer or not, you are guaranteed to find the artwork breathtaking!
]]>Fiona Kershaw - Freedom]]>https://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/11/17/Fiona-Kershaw---Freedomhttps://www.blarneybooks.com.au/single-post/2017/11/17/Fiona-Kershaw---FreedomFri, 17 Nov 2017 05:20:06 +0000
Join local musician Fiona Kershaw, and special guest Ishor Gurung, for an intimate concert. $15. Drinks available at bar prices.
Saturday, 25 November - 8pm.