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The Library That Made Me – Live

Where
State Library of NSW
State Library of NSW
Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Library Auditorium (entry via Macquarie Street)
When

Tuesday 24 February from 6pm to 7pm

Cost

Adult: $30.00Concession: $25.00Starting from: $20.00

To celebrate the publication of The Library That Made Me200 Years of the State Library of NSW, an illustrious line-up of contributors reflect on the libraries that shaped them as readers and writers.

From tiny mobile libraries to the grand Mitchell Library, the seriousness of university libraries or the tragedy of Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Public Library, hear about how these spaces for reading, creativity and refuge sparked something magical in some of Australia’s finest thinkers.

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