A Book of Encounters is the first major monograph on one of Australia's most eminent artists. Made in close collaboration with Robert Owen (b. 1937) and his studio, this extensive volume assumes at once poetic, critical, historical and biographical modes in its unpacking of six decades of the artist's archives. The book not only examines Owen's nomadic practice — spanning sculpture, painting, photography and installation — but traces through-lines from his early life in Wagga Wagga to Sydney, the Greek island of Hydra, London and Melbourne. In doing so, A Book of Encounters expands into Owen's wider interests in philosophy, psychology, science, mathematics, music and literature, published to coincide with the survey exhibition Blue Over Time: Robert Owen at Heide Museum of Modern Art.