No one wants to buy books, so what to do with a beloved book collection?

By Stephanie Wood
Updated January 8 2015 - 10:13am, first published December 20 2014 - 12:15am
Well-read: Just a part of Stephanie Wood's father's book collection.
Well-read: Just a part of Stephanie Wood's father's book collection.
Well-read: Just a part of Stephanie Wood's father's book collection.
Well-read: Just a part of Stephanie Wood's father's book collection.
Well-read: Just a part of Stephanie Wood's father's book collection.
Well-read: Just a part of Stephanie Wood's father's book collection.

My father collected books. Nearly five years after his death, I'm still dealing with the full catastrophe of his 30-plus-year habit. Three years ago, a Sydney auction house took half his collection; about 1200 books about Australian art and artists.