A Labour of Love? The story behind the compilation of Love Brought to Book: a bio-bibliography of 20th Century Australian romance novels

Juliet Flesch - Collection Management Librarian, University of Melbourne

Abstract
Love Brought to Book has been widely noted by the Australian press and radio, but failed to get a single review in newspapers with book review pages. The author describes her frustration while compiling three bio-bibliography, and concludes with a plea for a systematic bibliographic listing of Australian romance fiction and its preservation as part of the nation's cultural record.

An edited version of a paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Australian and New Zealand 3-4 November 1995.