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December 30, 2005: Baghdad Books Get New Life in Australia

"The finished volume reclaims a time before art and craft had been severed. The precision and splendour of the book-making honours co-workers in the printery, David Pidgeon and Bernie Rackham, and the binder, Nick Doslov."

"The pages that blew out of the Baghdad Library have now been made into a volume that finds its place in the rare-book shelves at the State Library of Victoria. Last year, Lyssiotis received one of its first Creative Fellowships."

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