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The book cover of 'Flora' by Tania McCartney and a sketchbook with colouring pencils.
School holiday activity: Nature Journalling - Wed 2 Oct, 10am - 11am
02 Oct 2024 | 10:00am - 11:00am

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!

Kids and families
Lower Ground 1
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
Booked out
Headshots of Mariam Veiszadeh, Om Dhungel, Nyadol Nyuon OAM and Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS, and Claudia Chan Shaw.
Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories panel discussion
01 Oct 2024 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Special guests held a conversation about their own stories around migration, and how our country can best recognise the extraordinary contribution of migrants to contemporary Australia.

Online
Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
The book cover of 'Flora' by Tania McCartney and a sketchbook with colouring pencils.
School holiday activity: Nature Journalling - Tue 1 Oct, 1pm - 2pm
01 Oct 2024 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!

Kids and families
Lower Ground 1
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
Booked out
The book cover of 'Flora' by Tania McCartney and a sketchbook with colouring pencils.
School holiday activity: Nature Journalling - Tue 1 Oct, 10am - 11am
01 Oct 2024 | 10:00am - 11:00am

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!

Kids and families
Lower Ground 1
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
Booked out
Two people in a night time parade dressed up in large, intricate, colourful costumes.

William Yang, Ron Muncaster & Jacques Straetmans, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1994, nla.obj-136859182

Happy Mardi Gras: An evening with William Yang
27 Sep 2024 | 6:30pm - 10:30pm

Distinguished Australian photographer William Yang joined us for a special evening at the Library.

Bookplate café
Past event
Talks and ideas
Places limited
A crowd of people on a stage holding placards.

Sabine Friedrich, John Shortis, Moya Simpson and the Worldly Goods Choir performing 'Something Worth Fighting For’ at the 2024 National Folk Festival

Something Worth Fighting For: Aussie protest songs with John Shortis
26 Sep 2024 | 6:30pm - 8:45pm

John Shortis presented his 2024 National Folk Fellowship research into Australian protest songs.

Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
Fellowship talk
Places limited
Three framed photographs on a blue wall with a wave pattern at the bottom, along with text reading 'Exhibition', 'Hopes and Fears' and 'Australian Migration Stories'
Migration history day at the National Library
24 Sep 2024 | 9:30am - 5:15pm

A full-day seminar on Australia's migration history.

Foyer
Theatre
Past event
Workshops and seminars
Seminar
Book cover for 'Flora' by Tania McCartney which features colourful illustrations of Australian plants, on a pink background with large text reading 'Book Launch' and 'Explore our remarkable flora with Tania McCartney'
Book launch - Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants
22 Sep 2024 | 10:30am - 11:15am

Local award-winning children's author and illustrator Tania McCartney launched her newest book.

Foyer
NLA Bookshop
Books and authors
Book launch
For kids and families
Past event
A drawing of William Shakespeare.

Samuel Ireland (etcher), Portrait of William Shakespeare (detail) in W.H. Ireland, Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments Under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare, 1796, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn482564

Fakespeare: The story of the Vortigern hoax
20 Sep 2024 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Dr Kate Flaherty, senior Lecturer in English and Drama at ANU, and actors from Bell Shakespeare uncovered one of the most amusing and successful literary hoaxes of all time.

Online
Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
A desert and skyline with the words Clever Country
Clever Country: An Aboriginal perspective on landscape
18 Sep 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

The Friends of the National Library of Australia and the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of the Australian Garden History Society (AGHS) held their annual joint lecture, presented by Adj. Professor Margo Ngawa Neale.

Online
Theatre
First Australians
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Talks and ideas
A stack of books in front of stained glass windows.
In Conversation: 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners
13 Sep 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Who will be the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards?

Book lovers
Friends of the Library
Publishers
Self publishers
Foyer
Theatre
Books and authors
Past event
An orange background overlaid with black and white images of a woman and a man.
The Great Debate: Does social media unite or divide us?
10 Sep 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

A lively evening of discussion and debate as we explored the power of social media to bring us together or tear us apart.

Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas

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