The Centre for the Book is delighted to welcome Kay Craddock and her husband Jonathan Burdon across the Tasman from our sister City of Literature in Australia to help us celebrate World Book Day 2015.
Kay Craddock is a prominent figure in the rare book world. Starting out modestly fifty years ago in the inner Melbourne suburb of Essendon, she is a founding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB), and a former President of that association. In 1996 she was the first bookseller from the Southern Hemisphere to be elected to the committee of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and four years later she became the first Australian (and first and only female) President of ILAB.
Kay will talk about her life as a bookseller, drawing on the fascinating history of the rare book trade in the second half of the twentieth century – when antiquarian bookselling emerged as a recognised profession in Australia and New Zealand.
The lecture will be held in Archway 2 lecture theatre at 5:30 on Thursday, 5 March. We do hope you can join us.
Check out the links below featuring Kay and her longstanding work in the world of books: