Children aged 8 to 15 years of age were invited to join artKids for a comic drawing workshop during the school holidays.

Associate Professor Deane Williams presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research about how Ron Maslyn Williams – filmmaker, photographer, writer, musician and radio playwright – became one of Australia’s post-Second World War cultural innovators.

Dr Alice Garner presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research on the life of Mavis Robertson.

Dr Guy Hansen, National Library Director of Exhibitions, discussed memorable AFL and NRL finals, and what makes a great grand final, with special guests Nick Richardson and Melanie Dinjaski.

Michael Winkler discussed his latest book Grimmish with local Canberra author Beejay Silcox.

See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

In this lecture, Dr Julian Raxworthy explored the intersection between landscape design and garden maintenance, the subject of his book Overgrown: practices between landscape architecture and gardening.

In 2023, the Seymour Biography Lecture was delivered by Professor Chris Wallace.

A special screening of the award-winning documentary The Last Daughter.

Fiona Crawford discussed her latest book The Matilda Effect with former Matilda's soccer star Grace Gill.