Dr Sylvia Martin, in conversation with Frank Bongiorno, launches her new book about prominent Australian artists Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Weston, and their incredible 60-year creative partnership.

Julie Gough will discuss her recent Fellowship research focusing on colonial collections and their role in shaping Tasmanian Aboriginal histories.

In 2026 the National Library of Australia presents a rich and varied program of new talks and ideas, along with our long-running flagship lectures. Read about what's coming up.

Award winning animators and artists Eleanor & Giovanni present a workshop for children based on their Enlighten Festival 2026 illumination The Page Turner, created for the National Library.

The Friends of the Library delve into the craft of writing a biography with Troy Bramston.

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Join Dr Kate Flaherty and Bell Shakespeare for 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.

Explore 'Pop Bibliography', the representation of rare and historic books across popular culture with special collections curator Allie Alvis.

Professor Lorna Hutson examines early modern legal and poetic texts to explore the concept of England's 'island nationhood'.

ArtsNational Canberra and Libby Melzer present a lecture examining the 1297 inspeximus issue of the Magna Carta in the collection of the Parliament of Australia.