1066 Japanese books, nearly all published in the twentieth century. They mostly relate to Japanese literature and include a large number of novels and also poetry, plays, essays, biographies of writers, literary history and critical works.

Applications for 2026 National Library of Australia Scholarships open on 28 April 2025.

Researchers, academics and creatives are encouraged to apply for 6 philanthropically funded scholarships and 5 grants which open for applications on Monday 1 May 2023.

In this two hour workshop, participants had an opportunity to create, design and build their own board game that they could take home with them.

Teenagers aged 12 to 18 years of age were invited to join author Jack Heath for a creative writing workshop.

Young people aged 8 to 12 years of age were invited to join children's book author Emma Allen for a creative writing workshop.

We celebrated the final days of our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition, with our drop-in art and craft school holiday activity.

Participants explored the Fit to Print exhibition and experienced producing a cyanotype sun print.

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!