Dr Christina Thompson presented a lecture on her 2023 Creative Arts Fellowship research into what happened when writing arrived on the islands of the Pacific.

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.

The Library recently acquired an original draft of a poem by Mark Twain in the form of a letter.

If you are considering independently publishing your book, learn how to get your published book into the Library's collection.

Explore early women writers in the Library's rare books collections up to the year 1700.

How to find information about Indigenous literature

See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

Hear Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discuss Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

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.

How is a rare book about swimming connected to an important early European map of Australia and American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin? Find out in this blog.