Explore some of the crime-fiction reads in the collection and how they can help readers learn more about Australian culture, history and place.

Join Mike from the National Library Bookshop as he reads 'Bowerbird Blues' for National Simultaneous Storytime 2024.

Searching for the 18th-century character in the Library's rare books and music collections.

Explore some of the speculative fiction reads in the collection and how they can help future generations understand society in the time they were written.

Dive into the works of great female writers held in the Library's rare books collection.

Explore the history and diversity of Australian romance books in our collection.

Dive into two of the earliest English publications to feature Australian flowers and the stunning images they contain.

The Asian language collections cover a broad range of formats and focus on contemporary Asia from the 19th century onwards 

Join Madeline and Allister as they dive into our collection and discover items from the '90s and '00s.

The Margarita Philosophica (Pearl of Philosophy) (1517) of German Carthusian monk and prior Gregor Reisch (c. 1467-1525).

Celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday with Shakespearean gems from the National Library's rare books collections.

Explore dictionaries of various shapes, sizes, languages and subjects from the Library's collection.