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The Library acquired a copy of I am team Australia signed by every Australian athlete who attended the 3rd Invictus Games held in Sydney in October 2018. Many of these Australian athletes are also profiled in Unconquered : our wounded warriors, which tells the story of the veterans military service and how sport helps them overcome mental and physical trauma inflicted from their service.  Signs & wonders, a limited edition artists’ book collaboration between American writer Jacques Menasch...

The Library seeks to build comprehensive collections where relevant materials are acquired to the greatest extent possible; representative collections where the Library selects a manageable amount of material to represent a type, creator or subject; and selective collections where items of national priority or special significance are identified and collected, or where depth of collecting is prioritised above breadth. This section of the policy is arranged in sequence from comprehensive to sele...

1 February 2010 - 12:00 The development of new search technologies, and new search behaviours, has opened up new opportunities for libraries to expose their holdings. Our users are more used to searching large aggregations of items, and to being able to obtain rare and unusual items relatively easily. Library holdings, if exposed through centrally searchable union catalogues like Libraries Australia, could see a significant increase in usage in the new "long tail" environment. To take advantage...

STOCKBRIDGE — It was the most prolonged single-day annual town meeting, at least in the memory of longtime residents.

STOCKBRIDGE — Town taxpayers will see a lean operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, reflecting an overall increase of $154,000, less than 1.5 percent, from fiscal year 2021, which

A new horror film that was shot in Ottawa shows a darker, creepier side to a region that producers of TV romances like to use when they’re looking for a…

Check out a scary new clip from QUEEN OF SPADES, directed by Patrick White, arriving on VOD next week from DREAD Presents!

Meet the director and cast of QUEEN OF SPADES in a free virtual panel set for Tuesday, June 15th at 6 PM (PST)!

Written by Lucas Hnath, directed by Patrick White “What about me? What do I get in return?” Four people, with agendas abounding, inhabit this comedy by Lucas Hnath, best known for his play “A Doll’s House, Part Two,” which has been on Broadway and local stages, and will be seen once again this summer in Bennington, Vermont. Set in a nursing home, “Death Tax” concerns Maxine, a woman who intends to cut her ungrateful daughter out of her will in an ingenious, not to say devious, man...

An excerpt from ‘A Map of Longings’, by Manan Kapoor.