National Library blog

Looking for LGBTQIA+ books for intermediate age readers? Here are some ideas.

Rauhine Coakley shares her experience as a 2021 Helen Zwartz scholar.

The first in a series of upcoming blogs about archiving ephemera at the Alexander Turnbull Library

Neurodiversity Celebration Week (21-27 March) is a good time to reflect on different ways that school libraries can support neurodiverse learners.

Diary of Michelle Kupenga one of the 2021 Helen Zwartz scholars.

Archiving the 2022 Wellington protests.

Celebrating the release of ‘Te Kupenga, 101 stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull’

We’ve made it easier for teachers and librarians to find great read-aloud books in our Schools Lending Collection.

CATS! CATS! Books about cats! What more do you need from life? Here's a tiny selection from our school lending collection.

Have you planned how to keep your school library services running when you're faced with disruptions to business as usual?

Out of the dust of 2021, Waitangi Day 2022 is an opportunity to reflect upon our journey as a people and as a nation.

We talk to cartoonist Toby Morris about the COVID-19 cartoons created with Siouxsie Wiles.

We showcase some Christmas cards and Christmas ephemera from the collections.

The annual retrospective with observations and reflections from the Turnbull Library team who make our collections easier to find and use.

Read about the Ngā Tanga Reo Māori project on Papers Past.

Recovering details from the photographs of a small West Coast mining town.

Here's a round-up of Services to School staff picks for best children's and young adult (YA) books published in 2021.

Was Turnbull House made from prison bricks? Jared Davidson gets to the bottom of some convict curios in the collection.

Tim Kong’s speech at the opening of Trouble in Paradise. A lucid blend of insight and reflection on themes of paradise and home.

Delving into the Cartoon and Comics Archive to help a researcher find answers.