Celebrating 190 Years of the SMSA
On Wednesday 22nd March 2023 Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts celebrated our 190th Birthday.
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2025 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read? We hope…
2025 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Have you managed to read all of SMSA’s most popular books? Discover our Top 10 most borrowed titles for 2025, in our Year in Review…
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell
It’s impossible not to empathise with Peggy Smart. At almost 80 years of age, she knows that women her age become invisible, turning ‘completely neutral,…
All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
An immensely readable trilogy, to be found in the Science Fiction part of the Library, the books are in order A Discovery of Witches, Shadow…
Prince: Purple Reign by Mick Wall
Music journalist Mick Wall pens a tribute to Prince Rogers Nelson, detailing his early years, the height of his fame, and the years that ultimately…
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon has had a huge following for years with her Outlander series, the first novel of which, Cross Stitch, was released in 1991.
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Woohoo – what a ride! City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert is Vivian’s life, told in flashback, and what a life it is! Chapter one…
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
In The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, Jude, Wendy, Adele and Sylvie have been friends for over forty years, since their shared days in Oxford. Now…
Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi QC
Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi QC is quite simply about a person born as a female, but determined to live as a male – extraordinarily, this…
The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer
Two brothers, dying from the plague, make a deal with the devil for a longer life – the twist? That life must be 99 years…