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Professor Brett Sutton AO

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

We held the 2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture, presented by Professor Brett Sutton AO.

Foyer
Online
Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
Flagship lecture
Booked out
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Anna-Maria Arabia OAM

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

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

Conference Room
Past event
Talks and ideas
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Story Dogs on Sunday - July 2025
27 Jul 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

We had 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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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

We had 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
Past event
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Assistance animals welcome
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Hearing induction loop
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Wheelchair accessible
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Photography without a camera: Cyanotype printing workshop
16 Jul 2025 | 10:00am - 12:30pm

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

Conference Room
Friends of the Library event
Past event
Workshops and seminars
Workshop
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Book Launch: Clever Men by Professor Martin Thomas
10 Jul 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Professors Martin Thomas and Jon Altman discussed Martin’s new book, Clever Men.

Foyer
Online
Theatre
Books and authors
Book launch
Past event
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School holiday activity: Creative writing and drawing workshop with Ronojoy Ghosh - 9 July, 11 am
09 Jul 2025 | 11:00am - 12:00pm

Children’s picture book creator Ronojoy Ghosh led a writing and drawing school holiday activity.

Foyer
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
A blue background overlaid with illustrations of a lion, panda, cockatoo, mouse, cassowary, and ibis, with the word 'Hello' in the middle and a photo of a man's head with dark hair and glasses
School holiday activity: Creative writing and drawing workshop with Ronojoy Ghosh - 9 July, 10 am
09 Jul 2025 | 10:00am - 11:00am

Children’s picture book creator Ronojoy Ghosh led a writing and drawing school holiday activity.

Foyer
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
On the left is a smiling woman with brown hair. In the middle is the cover of the book 'A Good Kind of Trouble' by Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward with a drawing of a teenage girl carrying a football under her arm and a backpack on her back. On the right is a smiling woman with pink hair.
A Good Kind of Trouble with Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward
08 Jul 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward yarned about their new young adult novel, A Good Kind of Trouble, and what it means to write Indigenous-led stories for today’s young people.

Online
Theatre
Books and authors
Author talk
First Australians
Past event
On the left is a smiling woman with glasses and curly shoulder-length hair. On the right is a smiling woman with long blond hair. In the middle are the words 'Peculiar Parents - Stephanie Owen Reeder, Ingrid Bartkowiak' and framed photos of animals with their babies: lizard, quokka, magpie, wombat, fish.
Book launch: Peculiar Parents with Stephanie Owen Reeder and Ingrid Bartkowiak
05 Jul 2025 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Children’s author Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrator Ingrid Bartkowiak uncovered the perfectly peculiar world of Australian animal families with their new book Peculiar Parents.

Foyer
Books and authors
Book launch
Past event
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Winter Tales presents Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness CSC
29 Jun 2025 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

National Cyber Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness CSC reflected on her life and work.

Conference Room
Past event
Talks and ideas
An adult and child reading a book with a dog sitting between them.
Story Dogs on Sunday - June 2025
29 Jun 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

We had a paw-sitive reading experience with the Story Dogs program.

Kids and families
Foyer
Books and authors
Storytime
For kids and families
Past event

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