Literature and Libraries
The Sydney Writers' Festival is held each year in May, featuring readings and discussions by Australian and international writers.
The largest library in Sydney is the State Library of New South Wales, which hold over 4.7 million items, including 2 million books. Most local government areas within Sydney have local libraries including the City of Sydney Library with eight local branches, the Bankstown City Library, the Max Webber Library in Blacktown and many others.
Read more about this topic: Culture Of Sydney
Famous quotes containing the words literature and, literature and/or libraries:
“Views of women, on one side, as inwardly directed toward home and family and notions of men, on the other, as outwardly striving toward fame and fortune have resounded throughout literature and in the texts of history, biology, and psychology until they seem uncontestable. Such dichotomous views defy the complexities of individuals and stifle the potential for people to reveal different dimensions of themselves in various settings.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)
“If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“riding flatcars to Fresno,
Across the whole country
Steep towns, flat towns, even New York,
And oceans and Europe & libraries & galleries
And the factories they make rubbers in”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)