The National Library has a range of Fellowships and Scholarships available to researchers, writers, artists, and younger scholars.

Dr Kate Warren, a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Curatorship at the Australian National University, was a 2022 recipient of a National Library of Australia Fellowship.

Madeleine Pugin was a recipient of one of the National Library of Australia Scholarships in 2022. Her Nangaypa Rirraliny Scholarship was funded by Emeritus Professor Janice Reid AC. 

During his time at the Library, Yahia’s research examined the Chinese ‘homosexual’ men’s lived experience as represented in the Australian-Chinese language newspapers, magazines, and digital media.

Martie Lowenstein is the recipient of the 2023 National Folk Fellowship. We spoke to Martie to learn more about her Fellowship and research topic, ‘What Wendy found – the story of 1969 outback Australian Folklore expedition.’

This blog, by the Library’s Rare Books and Music Curator Dr Susannah Helman, explores this charming little book, just in time for the last days of summer. It may even be helpful the next time you take the plunge!

Today, we can find the meaning of a word online. In the past, we only had physical dictionaries. (I had a 1980 reprint of The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary (1976), covered in royal blue contact paper.)

See how Yvette Grant used the Library’s collections to revive the memory of four women in the story of Australian ballet

To celebrate these places of learning, exploration and relaxation, we have created a list of our top picks to help bookworms and library lovers of all ages get in the Library Lovers’ Day spirit!

The redeveloped Catalogue is now live.

The Margarita Philosophica (Pearl of Philosophy) (1517) of German Carthusian monk and prior Gregor Reisch (c. 1467-1525).

Learn about the fascinating career of Eleanor Witcombe with 2023 National Library Fellow and biographer Eleanor Hogan.

A 1913 Russian brochure on teaching the 'Australian method' of swimming has recently been added to our collection.