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.

New narrative non-fiction book for children released by NLA Publishing.

Congratulations to the 17 recipients of National Library of Australia Fellowships, Scholarships and Creative Arts Fellowship in 2026.  

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Bookplate cafe is open 7 days a week and Paperplate cafe is open on weekdays.

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

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia presented a free webinar to seriously level up students' research game!

Author Mark Greenwood shares his process of writing NLA Publishing children’s title The Legend of Jessie Hickman.

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.