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The Friends of the Library delved into the craft of writing a biography with Troy Bramston.

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia presented a free webinar to seriously level up students' research game!

Author Mark Greenwood shares his process of writing NLA Publishing children’s title The Legend of Jessie Hickman.

Dr Kate Flaherty and Bell Shakespeare presented a special lecture about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, diving into the play and its history, unpacking what it tells us about our past, present and future.

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