Poetry Book Collection Donated to Booranga

A very generous donation of books has been made to Booranga Writers' Centre by member and long time supporter Ian Stewart.

David Gilbey and Ian Stewart

With the closure of his store, On the Shelf Second Hand Books, in October a new home was needed for the remaining stock. Booranga Writers' Centre is now custodian of this wonderful collection which Ian collected over many years.

"As my second-hand bookshop developed, from its beginning in 2003, I accumulated a growing collection of Australian Poetry, both recent and late 19th/early 20th century.


A major contribution to this collection I bought at an auction in 2006. The bulk of that came from the library of a former University of Sydney academic, Harold Oliver. Now that the bookshop has closed I have decided that the best place for this collection is at Booranga."



The collection in includes anthologies of Australian poetry, literary theory, as well as volumes of poetry by individual poets. These include many famous Australian poets such as Bruce Dawe, Kenneth Slessor, A.D. Hope, Grace Perry, Lesbia Harford, Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Porter and many more too numerous to mention.


We thank Ian for entrusting Booranga with this diverse range of Australian Poetry.