Catie Bradbear and Melissa Bray are coming to the Bookshop to sign copies of their latest book Power in Numbers: Australian Women in Economics. 

Award-winning Tongan-Australian writer Winnie Dunn delivers the 2026 Ray Mathew Lecture, examining the topic of representation in literature.

Join us for this special 10th anniversary opening event, For the Love of Books, with a stellar panel of national and international writers.

Join us for a range of author talks, panel discussions, workshop and kids and family events at this year's Canberra Writers Festival.

Join us for a range of author talks, panel discussions, workshop and kids and family events at this year's Canberra Writers Festival.

Join the free listening party for the ABC Radio National Top 100 Australian Books countdown.

Celebrate the launch of one of NLA Publishing's newest children’s books Bird Park, with a morning of stories and wildlife encounters.

Cartoonist, writer and illustrator Judy Horacek brings her comedy cartoon slide show to the National Library – a show about public transport, climate catastrophe, a certain green sheep and getting older (for real).

Celebrate the launch of one of NLA Publishing's newest children’s books Paddle Steamer Pearl, with a morning of stories, craft and wooden boat races!