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Film Screening: How to Build a Library

This award-winning documentary tells the story of two tenacious Nairobi women who decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library into a vibrant cultural hub. 

10 novels that changed the world

Which novels have had a universal impact on our world? Author and leading literary authority Susannah Fullerton delivers this engaging lecture presented by the Friends of the Library.

Postscript: letter writing workshop

Letters are for life. Join the world-famous Ms Constance Spry's Letter Writing Service for a creative workshop in celebration of the humble art of correspondence.

Community Heritage Grants: New Applicants Q&A forum

This was an opportunity to learn more about the Community Heritage Grants program and ask specific questions about your proposal.

12 years in: Writing for the Future Library (2014-2114)

Learn about the Future Library (2014-2114) project—a hundred-year literary artwork and one of the most internationally acclaimed long-term cultural projects of our time. Curator and producer Anne Beate Hovind appears in conversation with Kathryn Favelle.

Learn with the Curators of Wangka Wakaṉutja

Learn from experts who have brought the Wangka Wakanutja exhibition to life.

Curator's tour: Treasures Gallery - 14 April

This was an opportunity to learn all about the Library's treasures through a special tour held as part of the Canberra & Region Heritage Festival.

Curator's tour: Treasures Gallery - 28 April

*Booked out* Learn all about the Library's treasures through a special tour held as part of the Canberra & Region Heritage Festival.

Fellowship presentation: Early Philippine Palaeontology

Dr Pauline Basilia presents her recent Fellowship research on the contributions of H. Otley Beyer to Philippine Pleistocene research.

The 'archival imagination' of Frank Moorhouse

Dr Matthew Lamb presents his recent Fellowship research on Frank Moorhouse’s ‘archival imagination’, exploring how his methods shaped his work and identity. 

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