Please join us for the Book Launch of Emily Gallagher’s book Playtime: A History of Australian Childhood - Black Inc Books
To be launched by Australian actress, singer, author and television host Justine Clarke
About The Book
This ground-breaking book is a history of children’s play and imagination in Australia between 1890 and the Second World War. It is a story about the generations that grew up at a time when nation and empire were being reimagined amid the globalising currents of war, technology and trade. Theirs were faces that would remain forever young in monochrome film, and whose thoughts and dreams would be preserved between the timeless blue lines of the modern school exercise book.
The book is built around six imaginative worlds amateur journalism, bird loving, war and adventure, dolls, the future, and monsters and fairies. It brings these worlds, and the voices of children, to life, exploring an incredible array of children’s artefacts and seeing the social history of Australia through a new lens.
About Emily Gallagher
Emily Gallagher is a historian and research editor at the Australian National University. Her PhD thesis was awarded the Serle Prize in Australian History and the Lyndall Ryan Prize in Australian Studies.
About Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke is one of the most recognised and trusted faces on the Australian entertainment landscape: a best-selling children’s singer and author, internationally acclaimed film star, seasoned stage actor - currently starring in the Sydney Theatre Company production of Julia, playing the role of Julia Gillard, and a constant, reassuring presence on the daytime TV institution, Play School.
About the Event
• Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
• Registration is required for this event.
• Accessible parking spaces directly below the Harry Hartog ANU Bookshop are available should you require them. Parking at ANU/Harry Hartog
• If you do not feel well, please refrain from attending this event.
• Disability Access available - please ask in-store.