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Balloon Ascent, Wonderland theme park, Tamarama Beach, Sydney, c. 1908

Join us for a very special #BListBookclub event with @SquigglyRick and @bri_lee_writer on Thurs 24 June at 6pm! Rick will be chatting to Bri about her latest book 'Who Gets to be Smart' (@AllenAndUnwin).

Book here: https://t.co/E4Z8kEJWMC https://t.co/Fj3qmqxh6D

Today’s featured library is #Iluka Library, part of Clarence Regional Library. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#IlukaLibrary is a classic village library offering book club, chess club, Storytime Knit Wits and catching up with locals.

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We love hearing good news about #SLNSWfellows!

2017 CH Currey Memorial Fellow Dr Breda Carty has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her service to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Read her story 'Claiming space' here: https://t.co/BSfXkm8w7r https://t.co/Vw75rBpfF5

Today’s featured public library is #HurstvilleLibrary, part of @Georges_River. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#HurstvilleLibrary recently installed a Media Lab with amazing tech and equipment, available to borrow from the Digital Tool Library.

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"The opposite of kindness is not cruelty or malice. It is reason," says Rick Morton, the author of ‘My Year of Living Vulnerably’ (@HarperCollinsAU).

@SquigglyRick shares his thoughts on kindness in our new issue of #Openbook magazine.

Read the story: https://t.co/CM3cESqhuy https://t.co/c16Nc0XLJb

Today’s featured library is #Howlong Library, part of Riverina Regional Library. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#HowlongLibrary is very happy to have its customers back on site after last year's closures, even working around the perspex screens.

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Jamie Marina Lau began her second novel in a dream-like state that belies her intense research. Author @bri_lee_writer spoke to @catalog03 about ‘Gunk Baby’ (@HachetteAus) for the winter issue of #Openbook magazine.

Read the story here: https://t.co/doc2ckqW66 https://t.co/sFu6q7KQ6Q

Today’s featured library is #Hornsby Library, part of @HornsbyCouncil #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

Here's a sneak peek at #HornsbyLibrary's new Children's Area, part of the refurbishments currently underway, including new seating and an events area.

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It's the last weekend to see our @WorldPressPhoto exhibition, closing Monday 14 June at 5pm. View 150+ powerful and evocative images captured by photographers from around the world.

Our galleries are open from 10am to 5pm all weekend.

More info: https://t.co/P9eo4ffhvn https://t.co/xpTBcq50b3

Christine comes to the Library to connect with her past. Her uncle, Charles Hugo Sherline, worked on the beautiful woodcarvings in our Shakespeare Room!

Learn more about the #ShakespeareRoom here: https://t.co/bEpfqWtEWw https://t.co/VzUkp1MDgr

Today’s featured library is #Holbrook Library, part of Riverina Regional Library. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

📚There are so many great books at #HolbrookLibrary! You can follow them on Facebook @librarycomplex and on Instagram @ghc_libraries.

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New writing by @slatterbrain on diversity, discomfort and the turning of a new page for the Australian publishing industry. Featuring interviews with @EvilLordHaha, @kellyafagan, @ultimopress, @MagabalaBooks & @HachetteAus.

Read the #Openbook story here: https://t.co/FjuSFCODs2 https://t.co/N6f1HeSYg7

Great to see our Angus & Robertson archive in action! 😊 https://t.co/2MkJZllxvA

Are you interested in using maps for your research? Come along to our full-day workshop on Thursday 22 July and learn how to search, read and use maps from the Library's collection.

Book here: https://t.co/HVbn17tAMp https://t.co/X8puYjjjLu

Modelling of shoes for David Jones, 1953, by Max Dupain and Associates

From documentary photojournalism to family albums, there are more than 1.5 million images in the Library's photography collection.

Help us bring this incredible collection into public view for all to see and enjoy.

Support our 2021 Annual Appeal: https://t.co/0pJcz73r3w https://t.co/wz3jYSxPHp

😱 Amazing news! We scored a #DoubleWin in the 2021 @mapdawards for our #Openbook magazine and 'Creative Kids: Sea Munsters comic & playing cards'. #SLNSWLearning

Subscribe to the mag: https://t.co/pSMZZ6rGvf

Order a #CreativeKids box: https://t.co/0qCUS2Mi7C https://t.co/02781KVhY6

Today’s featured library is #Henty Library, part of Riverina Regional Library. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#HentyLibrary is open, exciting, informative, inclusive and engaging. The Library is very loved by the community.

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Boy fishing, Narrabeen camp war workers holiday, 26 January 1944, by Alec Iverson

Boy getting his hair washed, Narrabeen camp, 26 January 1944, by Alec Iverson

Sydney University, 1869-1873, by Walter Chaffer

Panorama of Watson's Bay, c. 1872, American & Australasian Photographic Company

Frances Burke (designer) in her studio, 3 June 1952, Australia, by Gordon F. De Lisle

Theatre attendant, Plaza and Regent Theatre, Sydney, 1937

Roy Kendrick , July 1950

Antonia, merchant ship, by M. Cooper

Professor Curtain's Barber's Saloon, Hill End, c. 1872

Spiritualists, Balmain, 31 May 1939, by Ray Olson

1922 Hudson Super Six touring car, with three men beside it

Gasson's Cheap Book Stall and Lending Library, 178 Elizabeth Street South, 1900

Caravan park, St Marys, Sydney, 21 May 1956

"Horrie Dargie and his boys", c. 1950

Strong man, Australia, 20 May 1938

Motorcycle rider posing with a Calthorpe racing bike, ca. 1935

Motorcycle rider posing with a Coventry Eagle racing bike, No. 116, city street setting, ca. 1935

'Jungle Action' toy display, Woolworth's, Sydney, 1965, The Tribune

Kids Crafting 101 - Preschool Color Collage Art Activity