The 2023 Annual Academy of Social Sciences Symposium, Digital Society: Social science perspectives for a better future, explored critical issues surrounding our current and future digital world

As part of our Enlighten Festival program, Wiradjuri man Larry Brandy invited children to become kangaroos, emus or hunters while learning about traditional Aboriginal culture.

As part of our Enlighten Festival program, Wiradjuri man Larry Brandy invited children to become kangaroos, emus or hunters while learning about traditional Aboriginal culture.

The Friends of the National Library held an enlightening talk on the joy of library tourism.

Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward yarned about their new young adult novel, A Good Kind of Trouble, and what it means to write Indigenous-led stories for today’s young people.

After decades spent on the fringes of politics, publishing and Australia’s sex industry, Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten finally told the stories they could never quite leave behind. We joined them for the launch of their book, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sex Party.

Dr Kate Flaherty and Bell Shakespeare presented a special lecture about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, diving into the play and its history, unpacking what it tells us about our past, present and future.

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.

We celebrated the launch of a new board game from Joey Games.

We celebrated the end of the financial year with great savings on Australian literature and unique gifts with discounts up to 50%*.