News archive - October 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Australian Book Review 50th Birthday Lecture

    Professor Ian Donaldson explores the double life of writer and dramatist Ben Jonson.

    -- posted on 18 October 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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