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.
LECTURE
Winter Book Club Lecture
Canberra author Marion Halligan discusses John Banville’s books The Sea and Ancient Light.
Includes light refreshments.
Listen to the audio of Marion's talk here: http://www.nla.gov.au/podcasts/talks.html
2013 KENNETH MYER LECTURE
Media Standards in an Internet World
Join Professor Julian Disney as he presents the 2013 Kenneth Myer Lecture, Media Standards in an Internet World. Julian Disney is Chair of the Australian Press Council and a part-time Professor and
Director of the Social Justice Project at the University of New South Wales. He has been Law Reform Commissioner and Director of the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University and Chair of government advisory committees on economic planning, employment, housing, social security, immigration and literacy. Includes refreshments.
Thursday 15 August, 6 pm
Theatre, $30 Friends/$40 non-members
Bookings: nla.gov.au/bookings/friends or 02 6262 1698
FRIENDS BOOK CLUB
A monthly literary discussion for members only.
Tuesday 25 June
Happy Valley
by Patrick White
Tuesday 27 August
A Sense of the World:
How a Blind Man Became
History's Greatest Traveller
by Jason Roberts
Friends Lounge
7 pm, Free
Details: nla.gov.au/friends or 02 6262 1698
FREE FILM SCREENINGS
In association with the Reel McCoy Film Society, the Friends present fortnightly film screenings exclusively for members of both organisations.
Every second Wednesday
6 pm, Theatre, free
Program: nla.gov.au/friends or 02 6262 1698
Bookings not required
