BookNest in Sydney
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The oldest library in Australia
The State Library of New South Wales traces back to 1826, when it began as the Australian Subscription Library, making it the oldest library in the country. Its Mitchell collection of Australian and Pacific history sits behind sandstone on Macquarie Street and is open to readers for free.
Every May the Sydney Writers' Festival brings Australian and international writers to stages around the harbour, and Gleebooks in Glebe, trading since 1975, runs one of the busiest independent author programmes in Australia. Sydney is our furthest desk by clock and often the first one awake.
Reading life in Sydney
The festivals, libraries, bookshops and publishers our listeners in Sydney actually walk into. Every one of them is a real, working institution.
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Sydney Writers' Festival
An annual gathering of Australian and international writers with talks, debates and readings across the harbour city.
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State Library of New South Wales
The oldest library in Australia, holding the Mitchell collection of Australian and Pacific history in Macquarie Street.
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Gleebooks
A Glebe institution since 1975, with one of the busiest author event programmes in the country.
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Sessions from the BookNest listening room, ready to play at this desk.
Drama · 44 min
Romeo and Juliet, act one
William Shakespeare
Open the listening roomIdeas · 6 min
Beyond Good and Evil, preface
Friedrich Nietzsche
Open the listening roomBusiness · 5 min
Your Invisible Power, introduction
Genevieve Behrend
Open the listening roomCrime Desk · 55 min
A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
Open the listening roomClassics · 18 min
Pride and Prejudice, opening chapters
Jane Austen
Open the listening roomLiterary Fiction · 44 min
Heart of Darkness, part one
Joseph Conrad
Open the listening roomPresented by
Niphie Debaî
Author Spotlight interviews
Amara Okoye
The Book Talk, literary discussions
Daniel Mbeki
Author Spotlight, second chair