Book Zone

Politicians, commoners, and kings

Some fascinating insights into Thai politics and history in three new books featured by the National Library of Australia.

Fresh from the fair

This month's Book Zone 2.0 delivers tasty morsels from the 41st Bangkok International Book Fair (held 29 March – 8 April 2013) fresh to NM readers.

Thai love between the pages

A special Book Zone post for Valentine's Day, celebrating the theme of love in our National Library of Australia Thai collection

BookZone 2.0: Honouring Dr Pattana Kittiarsa

We pay respect to the late Dr Pattana Kittiarsa (р╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣М р╕Юр╕▒р╕Тр╕Щр╕▓ р╕Бр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕нр╕▓р╕йр╕▓) (1968-2013), a great ethnographer of contemporary Thai society.

Thai cigarette cards

The National Library of Australia's significant Thai cigarette card collection has been digitized and the images are now freely available.