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State Library Victoria was delighted to host a special guest recently – internationally acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, who visited the library for a special behind-the-scenes tour on a recent… Read More ›
Arts, Arts & literature, Exhibitions:
Some books alter the course of history; others have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves. Books can change the wider world, and also change our personal worlds; no two… Read More ›
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The longlist for the 2018 Inky Awards, Australia’s national teen choice awards for young adult literature, has been announced today.
The Library has received a large donation of material documenting Victoria’s public transport, featuring some wonderful photographs of decorated trams.
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Books came to life at State Library Victoria for White Night Melbourne.
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State Library Victoria will once again open its doors after dark for the sixth annual White Night Melbourne.
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We’re turning the Library façade into a canvas for White Night Melbourne.
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Applications are now open for State Library Victoria’s prestigious annual fellowships program, with a new specialist fellowship for Victorian Aboriginal researchers offered from 2018.
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Australian short story publisher Spineless Wonders has partnered with online publishing platform Tablo, State Library Victoria and Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund to create a new award for writers of short story collections.
Recently the Library finished digitising 11,000 works from the collection – the result of a complex combination of research, cataloguing, scanning and photography before the works finally appear online.
