Launch into Library research: Researching your bestseller

Inspired by the Sydney Writers Festival? Want to enrich the detail in a current manuscript or just have the beginnings of an idea for a writing project?

 

Come along to this half-day program aimed at helping you add the right historical details to your writing project.

 

The program includes the following sessions:
 

Eresources for historical research: After a brief introduction to the library catalogue, learn how to access the best online databases for free using your Library card. We will focus on primary sources databases.
 

Secret librarian tools: An overview of card catalogues, indexes, guides and other excellent research tools that are not available online.
 

Inspiring Australia’s writers: See the collections that have inspired literary classics and bestsellers by Patrick White, Kate Grenville and many other Australian authors.

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