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Book Launch and Exhibition
In November, the State Library hosted an exhibition and book launch for the City of Melville's Write Club, a writer and artist in residence program with year six students from Caralee Community School.
A Giant Leap exhibition and book launch for City of Melvilles WRITE CLUB
Podcast and transcript
Learn about the unique role archives and Western Australia have played in discovering and exploring the universe in the 2023 Geoffrey Bolton Lecture, now available as a podcast and transcript.
Geoffrey Bolton lecture 2023
The State Library of Western Australia is seeking material related to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum to add to our collection. This includes photographs, videos, posters, flyers and ephemera.
Image Results of the Federal poll July 31 1900 displayed n the Record Board of the West Australian
Excellence in WA Public Libraries honoured at 2023 Library Board Awards Night. Fellows, FA Sharr Award, ALIA pins and winners for the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Innovation and Collaboration.
Taylor Coventry for City of Karratha Library Board Awards 2023
From 1 July 2023, there will be changes to the way library users will be provided with requested materials not currently held in their local library. At the forefront of these changes is a commitment to ensuring equitable and efficient access to library materials for all Western Australians.
Packing books for public libraries in the Circulation Section Library Service of WA
Students from Kindergarten to Year 10 are invited to read and log 12 or more book titles during the challenge. This year there are new and more extraordinary prizes for the readers.
2023 Premiers Reading Challenge hero image boy reading book in the sky
State Library looking for rock'n'roll donations
Collection Services is looking to add material related to the rock'n'roll street circuit High Voltage, Highway to Hell and WA's music scene to the State Library collection.
Abbe May performs in the Brewed in WA Festival at Badlands Bar Perth 21 March 2021
In Australia, there are 4.4 million Australians with a disability. While the Library has some materials that reflect the stories of Western Australians with disability, we recognise that these stories are not well represented in our collection. This is something we want to change.
Opening ceremony of Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Parade of Nations showing Welsh team
Fremantle Then & Now Wins Interpretation Project
Fremantle Then & Now exhibition wins the “Interpretation Project” category at the Western Australian Heritage Awards. The interactive exhibition explores the changing face of Fremantle from the 1800s to the present day through a collaboration between Curtin HIVE and the State Library of WA.
Fremantle Then and Now exhibition
Recommended reading list
The 16 Days in WA campaign runs from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) through to December 10 (Human Rights Day) each year. The campaign takes its inspiration from the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
16 Days in WA 2022