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Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski

Australian pride histories and biographies: Recommendations from the National Library
22 Feb 2023

Celebrate WorldPride with this diverse range of books about the LGBTQIA+ experience and culture.

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View of the National Library of Australia with a reflection of the building appearing in the water.
Library Lovers’ Day
14 Feb 2023

To help celebrate Library Lovers’ Day, visitors to the National Library were asked to nominate what it is they love about the Library.

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The Library A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen

The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduw

Recommended reads for Library Lovers' Day
09 Feb 2023

Explore these book recommendations from the National Library staff to help library lovers of all ages get in the Library Lovers’ Day spirit!

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She's on the Money by Victoria Devine and Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape

She's on the Money by Victoria Devine and The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape

What's hot in non-fiction: Summer reading suggestions from your National Librarians
27 Jan 2023

Interested in adding more non-fiction books to your reading list? Check out these recommendations from staff at the National Library.

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Conserving John Gould’s Australian Bird Pattern Plates
13 Jan 2023

Learn about the treatment work our conservators have recently done on thepattern plates for the supplement to The Birds of Australia by John Gould.

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Book cover of The Woman in the Library with annotations reading murder mystery, unlikely friendships, thrilling, unexpected ending and story within a story, next to a photo of the National Library Reading Room

Don't look up: the National Library's main reading room; and The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

2022 blogs
31 Dec 2022

Explore our blogs from 2022, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Manuscript map of Guangdong

Manuscript map of Guangdong: [Chaozhou fu: Chenghai - Chaoyang - Huilai - Nanao Dao fang yu tu], (1850), nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230559800

2021 blogs
31 Dec 2021

Explore our blogs from 2021, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Detail of the cover of Miles Franklin's 'My Brillirant Career' which features a women on a horse herding sheep

Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career (detail), 1901, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1666224

2020 blogs
31 Dec 2020

Explore our blogs from 2020, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Illustration from 'The Little Refugee' by Anh Do featuring a young boy, who is smiling nervously, and a young girl who looks fridgtened

Illustration from The Little Refugee by Anh Do with Suzanne Do; illustrated by Bruce Whatley, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5350411

2019 blogs
31 Dec 2019

Explore our blogs from 2019, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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