Season one of the Bookmark This podcast, Off Stage, explores the vibrant characters, milestone moments and cultural treasures found in the exhibition On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts. Hosted by journalist, author, radio broadcaster and playwright Melanie Tait, Off Stage delves into the untold stories of Australia theatre, dance, music and film.

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos about his research using the Harold S Williams collection and time at the Library. 

Explore dictionaries of various shapes, sizes, languages and subjects from the Library's collection.

Learn about Martie’s Fellowship that will result in a documentary to be screened at the 2023 National Folk Festival.

Explore the collection at the Miss Porter's House museum and the projects it undertook through the CHG program.

Kate’s research focused on the role of popular magazines in Australian art history and arts communication in the 1950s and 1960s.

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.

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

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

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

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

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