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  • Fernartz is closed until mid January 2026

    Blooming Postcard with spelling mistake by Fern Smith 2017

  • Gray Smith (1919-1990)

    1960’s in Canberra – From Smith Hester papers Hiede.

    Sheenagh, my sister, and Shawn, her husband, have been working steadily behind the scenes for a few years now, in upping Gray Smith the artist’s profile. Remiss of me I haven’t kept it up to date on the website.

    Shawn Callahan, is in the process of writing a book and has started an interest website: https://graysmithartist.com and Sheenagh Callahan annually sponsors; Gray Smith and Joan Scott Prize | Australian National University

    More https://fernartz.com/gray-smith/

  • Geelong Library and Heritage Centre 10th Birthday & Longest Book in the World Workshop

    Geelong Regional Library
    Tuesday, November 4th – 10:30am – 11:30am
    Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (The Dome)
    Ground Floor South (Blue Table)
    Wednesday 5th November 11-12 Waurn Ponds Library

  • A Month of Sundays – Longest Book Tours

    example of a contribution to the Longest Book 2025 Wangala Primary

    October – November: A month of Sundays:

    The Longest eco-friendly Concertina Book in the World is touring the Bellarine with SES Bellarine on it’s community engagement program. Weather permitting.

    Saturday 11th October 10am-2pm Leopold Primary Kensington Rd Leopold
    Sunday 12th October 10am-3pm Wombats Wish Portarlington Recreational Reserve Sproat St
    Sunday 26th 10am -2pm Hooked on the Bellarine Foreshore Reserve Portarlington
    Sunday 2nd November 10am-4 pm Wallington Primary Strawberry Fair, 608-610 Wallington-Ocean Grove Rd Wallington

    example of a contribution to the Longest Book 2025 Wangala Primary

  • Legendary Wangala Primary

    316 pages created by Wangala Prrimary

    A small primary school nestled within the suburb of Belmont in Geelong kindly invited the ‘Longest Book in the World’ project to their school. They nailed the brief “describe your favourite place in the City of Geelong; they were given four pages and approximately an hour. The whole of the school (Prep to grade 6) achieved a monumental three hundred and sixteen pages (79 metres) for the Longest Eco-friendly book in the World.

    It has taken two days so far to join the pages and another day to go. Such a delight to view their work more closely. Copies of a selection will be posted shortly.

    I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all the staff at Wangala Primary School for their generosity in allowing the project into their classrooms every day for a week.