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Sydney Writers' Festival

The Library That Made Me

State Library of NSW
State Library of NSW
Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Library Auditorium (entry via Macquarie Street)
When
  • Thursday 21 May from 6pm to 7pm
Cost

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

In connection with the publication of The Library That Made Me: 200 Years of the State Library of NSW, an illustrious line-up of guests reflect on the libraries that shaped them as readers and writers.

From tiny mobile school libraries to the Mitchell Reading Room, hear about how these hubs of writing, reading and creativity sparked something magical in some of the world’s finest thinkers. With CEO of Red Room Poetry Jonty Claypole, writer Winnie Dunn (Dirt Poor Islanders), The Future Library manager Anne Beate Hovind, playwright Suzie Miller (Prima Facie) and poet Jazz Money (mark the dawn). Hosted by Phillipa McGuinness.

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