Upcoming Friends Events

Bookings for all Friends events may be made through the Friends Office on 02 6262 1698 or by emailing friends@nla.gov.au.  Ticket payments may be made over the phone at the same number. Cheque payments, made payable to ‘The Friends of the National Library of Australia’, should be posted to Friends of the National Library, National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600.  Cash payments may be dropped off at the National Library bookshop during opening hours, and must be delivered in an unsealed envelope, with details of your name, the event and the dollar amount written on the envelope. These will then be passed on to the Friends Office.

MAY - Friends Talk The City in the Landscape

Join Emeritus Professor Ken Taylor AM as he talks about Canberra’s city landscape and the Griffin plan. Professor Taylor, Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University, is recognised as a leading thinker on Canberra’s planning and history. For a number of years, he presented a weekly radio broadcast on Canberra’s suburbs. His book, Canberra: City in the Landscape, was published in 2006.

This talk includes refreshments and a viewing of the Library’s latest exhibition, The Dream of a Century: The Griffins in Australia’s Capital.

Saturday 11 May, 2 pm

Conference Room

Cost: $10 Friends, $15 non-members (includes light refreshments)

Bookings:  02 6262 1698 or www.nla.gov.au/bookings/friends

JUNE - Friends Lecture  Landscaping the Lake

Dianne Firth explores the design, construction and landscaping of Lake Burley Griffin in the early 1960s. This lecture includes a viewing of material from the Library’s collection relating to Richard Clough, the chief landscape architect for the construction of Lake Burley Griffin. Dianne Firth is Deputy Chair of the ACT Heritage Council, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Canberra.

In association with the Australian Garden History Society

Wednesday 5 June, 6 pm

National Library of Australia

Cost: $10 Friends, $15 non-members (includes light refreshments)

Bookings: 02 6262 1698 or www.nla.gov.au/bookings/friends

FRIENDS BOOK CLUB

A monthly literary discussion for Friends members.

Tuesday 26 March

The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund du Waal

Tuesday 30 April

Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver

Tuesday 30 May

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Friends Lounge, free

Details: nla.gov.au/friends or 02 6262 1698

7pm, Friends Lounge

Free for members

FREE FILM SCREENINGS

In association with the Reel McCoy Film Society, the Friends present fortnightly film screenings exclusively for members of both organisations. No bookings required.

Every second Wednesday, 6 pm, Theatre, free

Full details of these movies can be viewed online at www.nla.gov.au/events or call 02 6262 1698 for further information. 

Theatre, 6pm, free

Bookings not required