TALK: Friends of the Library talk

UWA Press is approaching its 70th anniversary in 2005 - an appropriate time to both celebrate the work of the press and to take stock. This talk will look at the history of the press, the range and impact of the books it has published, and its future directions. Imminent amongst these is the publication of the Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia, with the exception of Blackall and Grieve's landmark multi-volume How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers and the Sesquicentary Celebrations series, the Press's largest project to date.

Jenny Gregory is Director of University of Western Australia Press and the Centre for Western Australian History at The University of Western Australia. She is also President of the History Council of Western Australia and President of the National Trust (WA) and an active member of the Independent Publishers’ Committee of the Australian Publishers’ Association.

Her main academic interests are urban history and heritage. Her publications include ‘City of Light: a history of Perth since the 1950s’ (2003), ‘Building a Tradition: a history of Scotch College Perth 1897–1996’ (1996), ‘Claremont: a history’ co-written with Geoffrey Bolton (1999), and several edited collections, including ‘On the Homefront: Western Australia during WWII’ (1996). She is currently working on the development of the ‘Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia’ as Editor-in-Chief.

Members: Free ;Non-members: $5.00 donation