About 6200 books about European literature, history and culture, mostly published in the period 1880-1960. 

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

A guide to finding biographies.

Canberra Writers Festival and author Natasha Brown presented a special In Conversation event focused on her bold, new novel Universality.

Canberra Writers Festival presented renowned author and journalist Lisa Wilkinson AM in conversation about her book, The Titanic Story of Evelyn.

Canberra Writers Festival presented authors David Szalay, Susan Choi and Nigel Featherstone for a special night of conversation about their works and their writing lives.

Join poet Adrienne Eberhard and novelist Catherine de Saint Phalle for a special In Conversation event about their serendipitous collaboration on the French translation of Marie & Marie.