Week, inspired by the popular Hungarian Book Days that he had experienced during his youth. Fabinyi's focus on good book design resulted in memorable cover and interior designs commissioned for such F. W. Cheshire publications as the first editions of Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Australian Ugliness and I Can Jump Puddles, all three of which were the work of the award-winning designer Alison Forbes. A fervent supporter of the role of libraries in the book world, he was for years active in the Library Association of Australia, being part of that association's Public Libraries Division in 1962 and President of the Victorian branch in 1955, 1959 and 1965-67. In 1974, in recognition for his work on the role of libraries he was given the Association's Sir Redmond Barry award. A report by the Australian Arts Enquiry Committee on Fabinyi served has been credited with bringing about the creation of the Australia Council. Together with Jean May Campbell and Lina Bryans, he organised the first Moomba Book Week, an "event that became a feature of the annual Melbourne festival". Fabinyi supported internationalism in the world of culture and politics and was Chairman (1973-77) of the Australian National Committee for UNESCO and in 1971-73 was a member of the International Advisory Committee of Documentation at UNESCO, Paris. He was Chairman of the Australian International Book Year Committee with the same organisation. He was for several years President of both the Victorian and New South Wales branches of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and from 1960 was a member of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. Personal life Fabinyi married Elisabeth Clare Robinson (1912–2002), an administrative officer and librarian, in the Presbyterian Church in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak on 26 October 1940. They would have five children, social worker Margaret, social worker Janet, neurosurgeon Gavin, film producer Martin and music industry consultant Jeremy. He died suddenly of cardiovascular disease on 25 July 1978 in Hornsby, New South Wales. Awards 1960: Order of the British Empire 1974: Redmond Barry Award (Library Association of Australia) Select bibliography Books The Australian Literary Scene, Canberra: News and Information Bureau, 1960. Social and Cultural Issues of Migration, Canberra: Australian Citizenship Convention, 1970. Articles and forewords "The State of Australian Publishing", in: Meanjin, Summer 1947, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 219-221, 272. "On the Book Front", in: Meanjin, Winter 1948, vol. 7, no. 2, pp.