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Sonia Henry’s new book, Going Under, takes an unflinching look at the reality of being a doctor, offering a rare insight into the world of a trainee female medic.
A showcase of the cultural history and modern day influences through traditional Lebanese performance.
Join us for the launch of Rare Book week. Professor Stuart Kells will explore the search for Shakespearean books, including volumes from Shakespeare’s own library, as a window into the mindset of bibliophiles and bibliomaniacs. Informed by examples from the State Library’s own collections, the talk will also shed light on how Shakespeare has been collected and appreciated in the New World.
Did Macquarie sow the seeds of a great nation, or was he a tyrant who destroyed Aboriginal resistance? Grantlee will discuss his new biography, Macquarie.
SOLD OUT - Preserving your personal collections
A session dedicated to the long-term preservation of books and paper-based collections.
Collecting Maps - an uncharted journey
Presented by Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM. Robert Clancy has been an avid map collector for over 40 years, from $20 tourist maps to rare charts of exploration. Each map in his collection has a story attached - whether it be the first selection he bought in London or the Matthew Flinders atlas he bought in 1978.
Where do I start? Discover the State Library
For the first-time user. Come along and ask us your questions.
Curator tour of the Rare Book Sampler in the Amaze Gallery
Join rare books expert Maggie Patton for a special tour of the Amaze Gallery, where you will view a selection of rare, beautiful and historically significant items from the Library's Rare Book collections.
Learn about what it takes to produce a prize-winning work and find out what sorts of books being published today will become the rare books of tomorrow.
Printmaker, bookbinder and book collector Monica Oppen, owns the largest private collection of books by artists in Australia. Monica will discuss how the collection grew to contain over 1700 books.
A ‘Digital Magical Mystery Tour’ of British Library’s Collections and Projects
This free talk will take you on a ‘Magical Mystery’ tour of the National Library of the United Kingdom, including a special insight into the complex, and diverse digital materials the British Library collect and preserve, and the extraordinary examples which demonstrate how the collections are used for research, inspiration and enjoyment.
Looking for Books - A Walking Tour with Mark Dunn
Explore the some of the early streets of Sydney where stories of private and public libraries unfold. Discover the wonderful world of books in colonial Sydney and learn about a few of the most important book collectors in New South Wales whose collections continue to be used today.
Scholar Talk: A Soldier’s Life on the Penal Frontier
In New South Wales the serving soldiers were charged with a double remit — as the agents of expansion and as the enforcers of confinement. This dual military function is examined through the story of two wooden boxes — including the Macquarie Collector’s Chest, one of the treasures of the Mitchell Library.
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