Which novels have had a universal impact on our world? Author and leading literary authority Susannah Fullerton delivers this engaging lecture presented by the Friends of the Library.

Letters are for life. Join the world-famous Ms Constance Spry's Letter Writing Service for a creative workshop in celebration of the humble art of correspondence.

Selected letters from the National Library's vast collections have been paired with responses from contemporary Australians in this new publication.

Learn more about the Community Heritage Grants program and ask specific questions about your proposal.

We’d like to hear from you: National Library of Australia’s Indigenous Collections Study 

Discover love, creativity, politics, family and more with historically and culturally significant letters from writers such as Jane Austen, Judith Wright, Henry Lawson, Mem Fox and Senator Neville Bonner AO as well as inspiring new letters from modern Australians like Kate Forsyth, David Brooks, Maggie Mackellar, Ranjana Srivastava, Sam Wallman.

Family, kinship, care, responsibility

What stories do, and why they exist.

How stories are shared and remembered.