Learn about the real school ship Sobraon behind Sarah Luke and NLA Publishing's children's book Marion and the Forty Thieves.

Enter the musical world of seventeenth and early nineteenth century Britain with rare prints, books and manuscripts.

We joined Prof John Morrissey for a discussion about his recent Fellowship research focused on the environmental writing of renowned Australian poet and author Judith Wright.

ArtsNational Canberra and Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff present a lecture focusing on the Dutch Golden Age, using six paintings to explore the art, cities, landscapes and society of 17th century Netherlands.

The Friends of the Library delved into the craft of historical fiction writing with authors Alison Goodman and Sue Williams.

The Friends of the National Library presented two of Australia’s preeminent crime writers in conversation with crime fiction reviewer Anna Steele.

Dianne Wolfer, illustrated by Erica Wagner

Wendy Cooper

Does listening count as reading? Should narrators perform? Can audiobooks do more than imitate printed ones? This event explored the evolution of the audiobook from analog to AI.

ArtsNational Canberra and Paul Brunton OAM present a lecture focusing on the eyewitness accounts of the voyage to Sydney during the First Fleet of 1787 - 1788.