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Henry Lawson is celebrated as one of Australia’s greatest poets. 

Learn about Dr Christina Thompson's experience as a Creative Arts Fellow researching the introduction of writing in Polynesia.

We joined Prof John Morrissey for a discussion about his recent Fellowship research focused on the environmental writing of renowned Australian poet and author Judith Wright.

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.

Dianne Wolfer, illustrated by Erica Wagner

Does listening count as reading? Should narrators perform? Can audiobooks do more than imitate printed ones? This event explored the evolution of the audiobook from analog to AI.

Learn how to uncover facts and colour from historical documents, manuscripts, newspapers and more.

Dr Matthew Lamb presented his recent Fellowship research on Frank Moorhouse’s ‘archival imagination’, exploring how his methods shaped his work and identity. 

Edited by Chris Wallace

Manuscripts of poems and stories and letters from over 70 writers that Stephens assembled in the years in which he was editing the ‘Red Page’ of the Bulletin and later the Bookfellow.

Papers of Christina Stead including diaries, manuscripts of her works, correspondence, personal documents, cuttings and photographs as well as papers of her biographers.

3,300 books and serial issues in a range of languages relating to Asian and European literature, politics, history, religion and more.