Look back on life in the 70s including politics, feminism, pop culture, news of the day, and more.

Heather Rose and Karen Viggers kick off the 2025 Canberra Writers Festival program at the National Library.

Science meets literature in this exploration of the connection between AB 'Banjo' Paterson's The Cast-Iron Canvasser, and Thomas Edison's talking dolls

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

Who will be the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards?

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

About 360 titles, particularly strong in first editions of English poetry and novels published in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

553 books from the 19th to mid-20th century with a particular strength in botany and gardening, among many other subjects.

Books on music and printed music published in Britain from the mid-17th century to the 20th century.

Books, pamphlets, broadsides, posters, periodicals, newspapers and some manuscripts mostly relating to Federation and political and constitutional history.

Papers including letters, newspaper cuttings, published caricatures, original cartoons, letters and literary manuscripts, mostly related to Australian and New Zealander writers, journalists, composers and artists.

About 200 books and 260 pamphlets, plus personal papers and photographs mainly related to Australian history, politics, law, literature and religion from Sir Ernest Littleton Groom.