The Latest Breaking News from the State Library of NSW

I borrowed my first books in Mumbai. Now, Sydney’s libraries are home

The long arm of the library has made a writer of me. This long arm, a composite of many libraries, created the conditions through which a shy reader could continue to live in her head.

The Conversation · Mar 11

Shakespeare’s First Folio: State Library of NSW takes the Bard’s ‘radical’ 400-year-old book out of the vault

Half of Shakespeare’s plays would have been lost without it – and it is now among the most valuable books in the world

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

State Library of NSW staff angered by acquisition of Jacinta Price portrait by controversial cartoonist

Staff reportedly complained to state librarian John Vallance about the $20,000 painting by the Australian’s Johannes Leak, which can only be viewed by appointment

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023