Artists are invited to select a book from the list below. Once we have sent you the book of your choice, you then create an artwork inspired by and using the book (or a portion of) of their choice. Open to all artists in all states of Australia and New Zealand, all mediums and all ages.
The grand prize is $1500 and there are five smaller prizes of $250 each. Books currently available for purchase and entry into the comp are listed below. Please email us with your choice/s.
CURRENT BOOKS AVAILABLE
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Interrupted Melody, an Autobiography by Marjorie Lawrence
The Nonne Prestes Tale by Chaucer
The Faerie Queene by Spenser
The Fireside Book of David Hope
A Century of Australian Short Stories
Cyclone by Hector Holthouse
Vaughan Williams by Percy M Young
Louisiana Trilogie by Gwen Bristow (German)
The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley
John Halifax Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock (Mrs Craik)
The Story of General Gordon (The Children’s Heroes)
All the Loyal People by David Stone
Triumph in the West by Arthur Bryant
For more information please visit the website – www.blarneybooks.com.au
