As we celebrate National Volunteer Week (20-26 May 2024), we'd like to thank all our wonderful volunteers. State Library volunteers assist visitors with their family history research, correct newspaper articles, index collection documents and transcribe or summarize oral histories.
The State Library is conducting a review of the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards. The survey is open to anyone with an interest in the WA writing industry. Survey closed on 13 May.
Level 3 of the State Library will be partially closed from 29 February to 14 March 2024. We apologise for the inconvenience. Retrievals will be available from the Leah Jane Cohen Reading Room.
The State Library of Western Australia is seeking submissions from local Noongar artists to create a contemporary artwork that considers the Noongar country.
The new children's app LOTE4Kids is an online database of digital books in World Languages that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each book comes with English translations to help kids learn languages.
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.
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.
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.
