From fruit stickers to human hair: The State Library’s strangest collections

The State Library of NSW is celebrating its 200th birthday with a selection of items that show collectors are a weird mob.
Opinion

State Library of NSW’s anniversary proves that a few of us are afraid of our past

The bicentenary of a library founded in 1826 under governor Ralph Darling – books set against the dust of a penal outpost – ought to invite a measure of historical perspective. But at the State ...
The Conversation

Sydney Writers Festival will program year‑round, partnering with State Library of NSW. Is this ‘Sydney’s Wheeler Centre’?

Sydney is gaining on Melbourne’s long lead as a literary city, with a new partnership between Sydney Writers’ Festival and the State Library of New South Wales. This year-round program of literary ...
The Australian

More than just books: A tribute to libraries as places of discovery and wonder

The library that opened my imagination to the world of books, magazines, archives, exhibitions and talks was Sutherland Library, located on Eton Street. It was a safe space that I could catch the bus ...