News archive - October 2011
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Celebrating Alex Miller
Join the Friends of the National Library on Sunday October 30 to celebrate the life and work of acclaimed Australian writer Alex Miller.
-- posted on 26 October 2011
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Independent Scholars Conference
Perversions of Prejudice - How Bias Distorts is the theme of this year's annual conference of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia to be held at the National Library of Australia.
-- posted on 25 October 2011
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Film Festival
Learn about the vital relationship between forests, people and the planet in a short film festival for the International Year of Forests.
-- posted on 19 October 2011
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Australian Book Review 50th Birthday Lecture
Professor Ian Donaldson explores the double life of writer and dramatist Ben Jonson.
-- posted on 18 October 2011
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New Pictures and Manuscripts reading room
Pictures and Manuscripts collections are now available in the newly refurbished and integrated reading room on the second floor.
-- posted on 17 October 2011
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Robert Dessaix to give Seymour lecture
Acclaimed writer and broadcaster Robert Dessaix will deliver the 2011 Seymour Biography lecture on Monday 24 October in the National Library Theatre.
-- posted on 7 October 2011
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Treasures Gallery Family Day
Celebrate the opening of the National Library's new Treasures Gallery at a special Family Day on Monday 10 October.
-- posted on 7 October 2011
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Treasures Gallery now open
The National Library's new Treasures Gallery is now open on the newly refurbished ground floor.
-- posted on 7 October 2011
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Special arrangements
To mark the official opening of the Treasures Gallery on Thursday 6 October, bookplate will close at 5 pm.
-- posted on 4 October 2011
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Treasures Gallery Tours
Free tours of the National Library's new Treasures Gallery start this Saturday, 8 October, when the gallery officially opens to the public.
-- posted on 4 October 2011
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Treasures Gallery Family Day
Celebrate the opening of the new Treasures Gallery and the public holiday at the National Library's Family Day on Monday 10 October.
-- posted on 4 October 2011
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666 ABC to broadcast live from the National Library
666 ABC Drive presenter Louise Maher will broadcast live from the National Library on Thursday 6 October as part of the Treasures Gallery opening celebrations.
-- posted on 3 October 2011
