A special screening of the award-winning documentary The Last Daughter.

A conversation about the experiences of women in Australian sport with cricket rising star Holly Ferling, former Matildas player Michelle Heyman, paralympic gold medallist Vanessa Low and facilitated by sports journalist Anthea Moodie.

Hear Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discuss Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

Hear from Dr Deirdre O’Connell as she presents a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the extraordinary influence of Augusta 'Pakie' Macdougall who brought suffragist activism, Greenwich Village’s salon culture, and the Little Theatre movement to interwar Sydney.

Liz Cosson gave her Winter Tales talk, Leading with Grit and Grace, for the Australian Women’s Archives Program (AWAP).

There were new items on display in the Library's Treasures Gallery and we hosted a mid-winter celebration.

Teenagers aged 12 to 18 years of age were invited to join author Jack Heath for a creative writing workshop.

Young people aged 8 to 12 years of age were invited to join children's book author Emma Allen for a creative writing workshop.

A conversation about the history of rugby league with Sia Soliola and Katrina Fanning, facilitated by Tim Gavel. This panel event looked at some of the changes and big milestones which have happened in professional rugby league over the last 30 years.

​​​​​​The launch of ANU’s new podcast To Be Continued, uncovering lost literary fiction in Australian newspapers digitised by Trove.

Dr Angélique Stastny presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about anti-colonial activist publications in Australia and the Pacific.

Canberra Writer's Festival Artistic Director, Beejay Silcox, talked about the festival and the inaugural meeting of Canberra’s Biggest Book Club.