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Blue and white cyanotype printed photo of a man sitting on a rock by a river. Photoshopped in on the top right is an organe circle reading 'Friends event'
Photography without a camera: Cyanotype printing workshop
16 Jul 2025 | 10:00am - 12:30pm

Join PhotoAccess tutors Eunie and Claire for a hands-on cyanotype printing workshop inspired by the Fit to Print exhibition.

Conference Room
Friends of the Library event
Luke Cornish also known as E.L.K.

Luke Cornish (E.L.K.)

Book Launch: The stencil art of Luke Cornish
17 Jul 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join us for a special conversation with artist Luke Cornish, celebrating the bold, intricate, and politically charged stencil work of E.L.K.

Foyer
Online
Theatre
Books and authors
Book launch
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Assistance animals welcome
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Hearing induction loop
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Wheelchair accessible
An adult and child reading a book with a dog sitting between them.
Story Dogs on Sunday - July 2025
27 Jul 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Join us for a paw-sitive reading experience with the  Story Dogs program.

Kids and families
Foyer
Books and authors
Storytime
For kids and families
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Anna-Maria Arabia OAM

Winter Tales presents Anna-Maria Arabia OAM
27 Jul 2025 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Join Anna-Maria Arabia as she reflects on her life and work advancing science and the value of evidence-informed decision making in our society.

Conference Room
Talks and ideas
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Professor Brett Sutton AO

2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture: Professor Brett Sutton AO
29 Jul 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

*Booked out*

Join us for the 2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture, presented by Professor Brett Sutton AO.

Foyer
Online
Theatre
Talks and ideas
Flagship lecture
Booked out
On the left is the cover of the book 'ANZAC Guerrillas' by Edmund Goldrick. On the right is a smiling man with his arms crossed and standing in front of a tree
Book launch: Anzac Guerrillas by Edmund Goldrick
30 Jul 2025 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Join author Edmund Goldrick for a book signing event marking the release of his new book, Anzac Guerrillas.

Foyer
NLA Bookshop
Books and authors
Book launch
On the left is the cover of the book 'Fleeced: Unraveling the history of wool and war' by Trish Fitzsimons and Madelyn Shaw. On the right are two smiling women outside on a sunny day with grass and bushes in the background.
Book launch: Fleeced with Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw
31 Jul 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Join authors Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw, in conversation with Annabelle Quince, as they discuss their new book, Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War.

Online
Theatre
Books and authors
Book launch
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A. de Paszthory, Portrait of Nellie Stewart as Rosalind in As You Like It, oil on canvas, 1904, https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3022148; Broadside advertising George Musgrove’s As You Like It, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Melbourne: Troedel, 1903, https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn107848

Shakespeare on the move: Gold rush to Great War
01 Aug 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join us for the third illustrated Shakespeare lecture and discover the objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.  

Online
Theatre
Talks and ideas
Assistance animals icon Assistance animals icon
Assistance animals welcome
Assistive learning icon Assistive learning icon
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair icon Wheelchair icon
Wheelchair accessible
A man with grey hair and brown and grey beard and moustache standing in front of blurred out trees

Professor Brett Sutton AO

2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture, Melbourne: Professor Brett Sutton AO
05 Aug 2025 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Join us in Melbourne for the 2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture, presented by Professor Brett Sutton AO.

Offsite
Talks and ideas
Flagship lecture
An man sits in an empty grandstand

Image courtesy Anne Algar

Deadly Dialogues: Bringing Them Home Oration with Kutcha Edwards
06 Aug 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Kutcha Edwards delivers the inaugural Bringing Them Home Oration.

Theatre
First Australians
Deadly dialogues
Talks and ideas
Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom

Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom (1542). Image by permission of Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe.

Gorgeous books and royal annotations
07 Aug 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

What did Katherine Parr and Henry VIII write in their books? Hear Professor Micheline White delve into the marginalia left in their personal books.

Online
Theatre
Talks and ideas
Assistance animals icon Assistance animals icon
Assistance animals welcome
Assistive learning icon Assistive learning icon
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair icon Wheelchair icon
Wheelchair accessible
Coloured image featuring headshots of two women smiling at the camera. In the middle of the image is a collection of four sketches of Australian animals.

Stephanie Owen Reeder and Ingrid Bartkowiak

Science Week Online Learning Peculiar Parents Author Talk
13 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 10:30am

Learn about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals in this interactive online learning session.

Online
Education/learning
For kids and families

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