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$57,000 on offer for Australian comic and biography writers
$6M boost for NSW public library infrastructure
2021 Building Plan: FAQs
2022 State Library fellowships announced
2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards – Call for nominations
2024 State Library of NSW fellowships announced
50th anniversary of Australian Gay Pride Week
A new chapter for Sydney’s secret Shakespeare library
Australia – here’s your last chance to catch World Press Photo!
Bligh’s Bounty logbooks recognised by UNESCO
Call for entries: over $80,000 on offer to Australian writers
Call for nominations: NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2024
Call the Pride Line and add your story to the State Library’s collection
Celebrating the changing world of picture books
Ethel Turner's private diaries and love letters acquired by NSW State Library
Exhibition reveals little-known stories of the Dyarubbin
Extraordinary First Nations theatre-maker Andrea James wins top honours for women playwrights
Free after-school club for curious kids
Great love story of the seas revealed
Help the State Library solve the mystery of the disappearing magician
Increased prize money for 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards – call for nominations
Landmark exhibition in new photography gallery
Landmark publication on birth of modern science secured by NSW State Library
Laugh-out loud The Speechwriter wins Australia’s only prize for humour writing
Library’s landmark photography exhibition now online
NSW Premier’s History Award winners announced
NSW State Library offering $216,000 in paid research opportunities
NSW State Library stages one of Australia’s largest ever queer exhibitions
NSW State Library’s priceless ‘bad art’ collection celebrated in lavish new book
Nakkiah Lui wins Australia’s only prize for humour writing
National Biography Award winners announced
New exhibition celebrates 50 years of the ‘original Indigenous round’
New exhibition comes with a warning … not for the faint-hearted!
New home for rare & priceless maps at NSW State Library
New leadership for the State Library of NSW’s next chapter
New rooftop bar launching on State Library’s iconic Mitchell Building
New underground gallery & auditorium to open beneath historic Mitchell Library building
Openbook spring out now!
Openbook summer out now!
Openbook summer published
Openbook’s autumn edition showcases diverse talents of Australia’s creative community
Peter Kingston’s much-loved Lavender Bay home captured in time
Precious personal sketchbooks of artist Michael Kelly find new home
Prize boost announced for the 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Rare pieces of Australian history head to the South Coast
Revealing chronicles of Australia’s largest youth migration program now in the State Library’s collection
See Australia’s only copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio in a once in 400-year event
See what your regional town looked like 100 years ago!
Shaun Tan’s Dog finds its forever home at the Library
Shortlist announced for Australia’s richest biography & memoir prize
Shortlist announced for Australia’s richest biography and memoir prize
Shortlist announced for Australia’s richest biography prize
Shortlists announced for 2021 NSW Premier’s History Awards
Shortlists announced for 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlists announced for 2022 NSW Premier’s History Awards
Shortlists announced for 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlists announced for 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards
Shortlists announced for 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlists announced for Australia’s only humour writing prize
Shortlists announced for Australia’s only humour writing prize
Significant Aboriginal objects come back to Country after 200 years
Six Sydney cultural institutions join forces to launch new advertising campaign 'Find Yourself'
State Library secures landmark map of Australian exploration
The Library launches a major rare maps exhibition
The Library launches its first children’s book
The first biography of Gwen Harwood, one of Australia’s finest poets, wins nation’s richest biography prize
Wagga Wagga students first in the state to experience new immersive learning program
William Yang’s landmark exhibition reimagined at NSW State Library
Winners announced for 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Winners announced for 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Winners announced for NSW Premier’s History Awards
Winners announced for NSW Premier’s History Awards
Winners announced for the 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
World Press Photo Contest winners on show at NSW State Library
World Press Photo Exhibition opening at Library
World’s first exhibition
‘Sheilas’, ‘fake truths’ and a 700th celebration
“Sydney’s most important story” revealed for all the world to see
“Vivid and complex” portrait wins nation’s richest prize for life writing

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