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Book cover for A Dream State and a headshot of author Eric Puchner
Author talk: Dream State by Eric Puchner

Join internationally acclaimed American novelist Eric Puchner for a special event focused on his new novel, Dream State.

Event
cover of book 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'

(1966). Australian dictionary of biography. Melbourne : London ; New York : Melbourne University Press; Cambridge University Press https://adb.anu.edu.au

Biography research guide

A guide to finding biographies.

Research guide
Cover of book 'Red Dust Running' by Anita Heiss next to a picture of Anita Heiss sitting on concrete steps smiling
Book launch: Red Dust Running with Anita Heiss

Anita Heiss discussed her new book 'Red Dust Running'.

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Video
Author Mark McKenna standing in grass wearing a blue shirt, and book cover of The Shortest History of Australia
Book launch: The Shortest History of Australia

Renowned historian Mark McKenna sits down with Frank Bongiorno to discuss Mark's new book and how it came together.

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Canberra Writers Festival logo
Canberra Writers Festival 2025: Saturday Program

The Library hosts a full weekend program of events for this year's Canberra Writers Festival.

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Canberra Writers Festival logo
Canberra Writers Festival 2025: Sunday Program

The Library hosts a full weekend program of events for this year's Canberra Writers Festival.

Event
Collection guide
Chaplin Collection

Collections of papers from several significant Australian authors collected by Harry Chaplin.

Collection guide
A children's board game from 1855 featuring images of people in the gold fields

Board game titled Race to the gold diggings of Australia, 1855, nla.obj-139615708

Collection viewing: A treasure trove of tales for children

The Friends of the Library present their annual collection viewing event.

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A pile of children's books
Creative storytelling

Module

This resource aligns to the Australian Curriculum for Year 3 English - Language, Literature and Literacy.

Digital Classroom
A yellowed typewritten page saying 'Foreword' and some hand written words saying 'or both?' next to fact or fiction.

Joan Lindsay & Andrew Fabinyi, Typescripts, [ca. 1967], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-573778720

Cultural perspectives in literature

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 7 students. The module is designed to introduce students to a variety of texts on the theme of cultural perspectives and to enable them to understand how authors, poets and cartoonists reflect their own cultural perspectives through their chosen medium.

Digital Classroom
Coloured map of Victoria

Whitehead & Co. Whitehead's new map of Victoria 1877, 1877, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1915560782

De Salis Collection

Family papers and about 1600 books of the De Salis family from 1850-1920. Covering a broad range of subjects, including classics, religion, history, politics, literature, science, art, and children's books, reflecting the families intellectual interests.

Collection guide
Collection guide
De Vesci Collection

Country house library collection of 1648 books and 54 serials with strength in English and French publications of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Collection guide

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