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The NLA has seven reading rooms: the Main Reading Room, the Petherick Reading Room (Rare Books, Oral History, Music, weekends access to Manuscripts and Pictures) as well as providing facilities for long-term academic researchers, Newspapers and Microform Reading Room, Asian Collections Reading Room, Maps Reading Room, Manuscripts Reading Room and Pictures Reading Room.
The NLA is a closed-stack collection / non-lending library, with all items, except reference items, requested online and delivered within 30 minutes. However a significant proportion of the monographs and serials in the collection are accessible within other libraries via inter-library loan. Added by: PDExperiment626. Contacted: Not contacted. Venue ID: 876 FavoritesMembers: znalo, winniek1, jemawi, private member, digifish_books, christobelfox, majicke, kaffles, ingread, luke.shingles, private member, gimboid13, WillSteed, KimB, veritas, dreamlikecheese Comment wall |  Upcoming events
No events found. Go ahead and add an event. Past eventsManning Clark House Annual Lecture -Citizens' Rights and the Rule of Law in Civil Society (March 10 at 6:00pm) Julian Burnside is a successful - and controversial - barrister and civil rights advocate. His new book, Watching Brief, reflects on human rights, law and justice.
Bookings essential: (02) 62959433
Cost: $20 or $10 for Manning Clark House members
Orientalist and Master Spy: Christian Snouck Hurgronje and Dutch Rule in Indonesia (March 17 at 5:30pm) Peter Hamburger. Peter Hamburger considers the failed attempt by intelligence operative, Christian Snouk Hurgronje, to reform Dutch colonial admistration in Indonesia.
Interested: veritas Added by veritas. On Both Sides of the Microphone (March 19 at 6:00pm) Peggy Seeger. The collector holds out the microphone. The archivists catalogue, store and supply the resulting recordings to the public. The anthologist, singer and teacher play the recordings and put the material back into circulation. Thus the microphone; "producer and consumer", is invaluable in this ongoing two-way ... (more)Interested: veritas Added by veritas. 2008 National Folklore Conference (March 20 at 09:00am) The Australian Folklore Conference is a one-day annual conference held at the National Library of Australia as a prelude to the National Folk Festival. It is facilitated by the Australian Folklore Network, the National Library of Australia, the National Folk Festival and the Centre for Advanced Studies ... (more)Harold White Fellow Presentation - Madness in the Family: The Australasian Colonial World and Insanity (March 25 at 5:30pm) Dr Catharine Coleborne. Dr Catharine Coleborne examines writings from the colonial past to discover what was known of mental illness and medical care.
Interested: veritas Added by veritas. An Afternoon of Poetry (March 29 at 2:00pm) Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Conference Room, Friends Lounge
Join some of Australia's best known poets for an afternoon of poetry and the launch of two new volumes from the River Road Poetry Series of audio recordings.
Bookings: (02) 6262 1424
Australia in Maps: a white gloves event (April 4 at 6:00pm) Join the Friends of the National Library of Australia for a 'White Gloves' evening based on the content of the new book, Australia in Maps . This event will give guests a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with many of the remarkable items contained in the Library's maps collection. The evening ... (more)Harold White Fellow Presentation - Shahrazad in Cronulla (April 22 at 5:30pm) Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm.
Theatre.
Shahrazad in Cronulla.
David Foster, an eyewitness to the 2005 Cronulla riots, discusses the influences of these riots on his novel.
Bookings essential: (02) 6262 1271
Querying Musical Autobiography (May 9 at 12:30pm) Graeme Skinner discusses Peter Sculthorpe: The Making of an Australian Composer. Friday, May 9, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.
Conference Room.
Graeme Skinner, a 2007 Harold White Fellow and author of Peter Sculthorpe: The Making of an Australian Composer, speaks about the perils of writing a biography of a living artist.
Bookings essential: (02) 6262 1271
Examining Gulliver's Travels (May 27 at 6:00pm) Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Friends Lounge. Read Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and join the ANU's Dr Ian Higgins for a lecture on the themes and history of the book. Following the lecture participants will break into small groups to discuss issues further over a glass of wine. ... (more)Marion Halligan (June 15 at 09:00am) Hear Marion discuss her latest novel, Murder on the Apricot Coast, while enjoying a light breakfast.
Bookplate Café, Entry $25 Friends/conc, $30 full price includes set-menu breakfast Bookings: (02) 6262 1271
Reader Education - Digital Collections at the National Library (June 17 at 12:30pm) Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2 The National Library has digitised a wide variety of material for preservation and improved access. Come and see what collection material is available directly from your desktop. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 or email ... (more)Reader Education - Using Microform Readers (June 24 at 09:00am) Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:00 am - 10:00 am This hands-on session introduces Microform Reader functions, including scanning multiple page files, saving files to various drives and emailing saved files. Bring your USB device and webmail logon information. Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room, LG1 ... (more)Launch of A Delicate Mission: The Washington Diaries of R.G. Casey, 1940-1942 (June 24 at 4:00pm) A Delicate Mission: The Washington Diaries of R.G. Casey, 1940-42 traces the evolution of Casey's 'delicate' role as Australian Minister to the United States during a critically imperilled time in Australia's history. Join editor Professor Carl Bridge for the launch of this important work. Booking ... (more)Celebrate the Arrival of a New Treasure - 1796: The Officer, the Convicts and the Theatre Playbill (June 25 at 2:30pm) Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Foyer, Theatre Free 1796: The Officer, the Convicts and the Theatre Playbill Presented in association with the High Commission of Canada In 2007, the Library acquired a playbill dated 30 July 1796, the earliest surviving document printed in Australia. ... (more)Reader Education - New Catalogue VuFind (June 26 at 12:30pm) Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2
The National Library is launching a new public access catalogue, VuFind, which includes many new features. Learn all it has to offer at this hands-on course. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 or email info@nla.gov.au
Digital Culture Talk (June 27 at 12:30pm) Timothy Baldwin. Friday, June 27, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Theatre Free Information Access in Technical and Scientific Literature: Search and You May Possibly Find The phenomenal success of web search engines such as Google is built on massive data redundancy, in guiding users from simplistic queries to relevant ... (more)The Griffyn Ensemble - Exploration 2: Talking Drums (June 27 at 7:00pm) The Griffyn Ensemble. Friday, June 27, 2008 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Foyer, Friends Lounge Exploration 2: Talking Drums The Griffyn Ensemble, combined with internationally renowned double bass player Max McBride and mezzosoprano Christina Wilson, invite you to discover the fascinating relationships between music and language, ... (more)Canberra: A great place for a detective series (June 29 at 1:00pm) Dorothy Johnston. Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Conference Room
Winter Tales - Australian Women's Archives Project, Dorothy Johnston, novelist and winner of the ACT Book of the Year, presents Canberra: A great place for a detective series.
Cost: $15, includes afternoon tea
Bookings: (02) 6262 1271
Reader Education - A Felon in your Family: researching convicts @ the NLA (July 1 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Ferguson Room
Do you have a convict in your family’s history? Delve into your convict ancestors by using records at the National Library. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 or email info@nla.gov.au
Reader Education - A Felon in your Family: researching convicts @ the NLA (July 8 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, July 8, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Training Room 3, Training Room 4 Learn how to register as a reader, use the Library’s website, search the catalogue, and request materials. Includes a tour of the Main Reading Room, and the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 ... (more)Reader Education - Drop-in Research Skills (July 10 at 12:30pm) Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2 Having trouble finding the information you need? Come along to this drop-in session and get advice from a professional librarian on how to get the most from the National Library's collection. Bring along your research ... (more)ANU School of Art Public Lecture - Photographies: New Histories, New Practices (July 12 at 4:00pm) Gail Jones. Saturday, July 12, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Theatre. Free. Photographies: New Histories, New Practices With Gail Jones, Professor in Writing, University of Western Sydney. Supported by the College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU. Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or (02) 6262 1271 Enquiries: ... (more)Images, History and Invention (July 14 at 6:30pm) Monday, July 14, 2008 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Foyer, Grey Area, Theatre Free Join image-makers, private collectors and picture curators in conversation about their passion for image collections. View new works of art produced by creative Australians from the key Australian collecting institutions. ... (more)Charles Bayliss Floortalk (July 15 at 12:30pm) Helen Ennis. Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.
Exhibition Gallery,
Free.
Join curator Helen Ennis for an in-depth look at the A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897 exhibition.
2008 Kenneth Myer lecture with Professor Tim Flannery - Climate Change: an update to July 2008 (July 15 at 6:00pm) Tim Flannery. Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Theatre. The Friends of the National Library of Australia are pleased to present the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture Climate Change: an update to July 2008 To be given by Professor Tim Flannery. This lecture is about climate change - what we ... (more)Photographic Narratives: Their Meaning, Development and Craft (July 16 at 2:00pm) Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Conference Room. Free. How can photographs be woven together to create historical or social narratives, with their images and texts creating integrated stories? And how, through developing such narratives, can the deeper meanings of individual photographs ... (more)Reader Education - Google Searching and more (July 17 at 12:30pm) Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Learn basic and advanced techniques for searching the Internet, as well as handy tips and tricks for locating information efficiently. Discover other tools to find information online, including portals, gateways, ... (more)Reader Education - Using Microform Readers (July 22 at 09:00am) Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:00 am - 10:00 am. This hands-on session introduces Microform Reader functions, including scanning multiple page files, saving files to various drives and emailing saved files. Bring your USB device and webmail logon information. Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room, LG1 ... (more)Reader Education - New Catalogue VuFind (July 24 at 12:30pm) Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.
IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2.
The National Library is launching a new public access catalogue, VuFind, which includes many new features. Learn all it has to offer at this hands-on course. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 or email info@nla.gov.au
Nellie Melba: Queen of Song (July 25 at 7:00pm) Louise Page. Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Foyer Soprano Louise Page recreates the epitome of glamour, fame and notoriety as Dame Nellie Melba in this beguiling tribute to Australia's first international diva. The audience will also have the opportunity to view Melba memorabilia from the National ... (more)Hidden Treasures - Inside the National Library of Australia - First Fleet Sketches (July 30 at 2:00pm) Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm.
Conference Room.
Free.
Session 1: 2.00 – 3.00 pm; Session 2: 3.30 – 4.30 pm
Places limited. Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or (02) 6262 1271
Winter Tales - The Pursuit of Power in a Time of Plenty (August 3 at 2:00pm) Sunday, August 3, 2008 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Conference Room. The Pursuit of Power in a Time of PlentyVirginia Haussegger, journalist, media commentator and author of the controversial book, Wonder Woman: the myth of having it all. Cost: $15, includes afternoon tea. Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au ... (more)2008 Books Alive Guide launch (August 7 at 6:00pm) Michael Robotham.; Kathryn Fox.; Matthew Reilly. RSVP bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 62621271 Free
The year's most anticipated list of great books has been revealed! Books Alive, Australia's largest annual promotion of books and reading, has just released the 2008 Books Alive Guide: 50 Books You Can't Put Down.
An Engineer in the Field: The Russ Ashton Collection (August 13 at 12:30pm) Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm, Conference Room. Free. Pictures Curator Linda Groom discusses our collection of images by Sir Russ Ashton (1925 - 2003): personal photographs recording his field trips for the Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Commission from the 1950's onwards. Bookings: ... (more)Reader education - Drop-in Research Skills (August 14 at 12:30pm) Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm. IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Having trouble finding the information you need? Come along to this drop-in session and get advice from a professional librarian on how to get the most from the National Library's collection. Bring along your ... (more)About Leonard French (August 14 at 6:00pm) Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Conference Room, Theatre. Free. Art historian Sasha Grishin discusses the work of artist Leonard French, designer of the Library's stained glass windows. Includes screening of Leonard French's Stained Glass Screens. (1969). Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au ... (more)Children's Book Council of Australia awards announcement (August 15 at 11:30am) Place: Theatre, National Library of Australia
Date: 15th August 2008
Time: 11:30am start
Cost: FREE!
As well as the Annoucement itself, there will be performances by schools, storytelling and refreshments served afterwards.
Reader Education - Newspaper Researching (August 19 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. A hands-on class that looks at the Library’s print, microform and online resources to assist researchers and family historians make the most of one of Australia’s largest collections of newspaper resources. ... (more)The Collaborative Art Of Picture Books (August 20 at 6:00pm) Margaret Wild. Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Theatre. As part of Children’s Book Week, the Library presents multi-award winning illustrator Ann James and author Margaret Wild who will discuss their passion for creating books. With more than one hundred books between them, they have fascinating ... (more)Conversation with Noel Potter and Graeme Trickett (August 21 at 6:00pm) Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Conference Room, Theatre. Free. Join Noel Potter and Graeme Trickett to hear the inside story on building the National Library. Potter and Trickett headed the Canberra office of architectural firm Bunning & Madden in 1964 to design and oversee the ... (more)Reader Education - Using Microform Readers (August 26 at 09:00am) Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:00 am - 10:00 am. This hands-on session introduces Microform Reader functions, including scanning multiple page files, saving files to various drives and emailing saved files. Bring your USB device and webmail logon information. Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room, ... (more)Tom Bass and Genevieve Carson in Conversation (August 28 at 6:00pm) Thursday, August 28, 2008 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Theatre. Free. The Library Lintel Sculpture above the Library's front doors is the largest commission of Tom Bass's career. Discover how he created the work, and how it was installed. Includes screening of Sculptured Seal (1968). Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au ... (more)Race, Nation, History: A Conference in Honour of Henry Reynolds (August 29 at 09:00am) Friday, August 29, 2008 9:00 am - Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Foyer, Theatre. Race, Nation, History seeks to honour the work of Henry Reynolds, one of Australia’s finest historians and one of its leading public intellectuals, on the occasion of his seventieth year. A ... (more)Australian Women's Archives Project - Freedom, Health and Survivorship: Medical Work Among Newly Arrived Refugees (August 31 at 1:00pm) Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm,
Conference Room.
Dr Christine Phillips from Companion House discusses assisting survivors of trauma and torture.
Cost: $15, includes afternoon tea.
Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or (02) 6262 1271
Reader Education - Family History resources online (September 2 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, September 2, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm,
Ferguson Room.
An introduction to a range of online family history resources and collection guides to help you with your family history research. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 or email info@nla.gov.au
How to Sell Photographs to Libraries (September 4 at 12:30pm) Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Conference Room. Free. As part of VIVID, three curators will talk about how to sell photographs to library collections: Madeleine Say, Pictures Librarian at the State Library of Victoria; Alan Davies, Curator of Photographs at the State Library ... (more)ANU Collective Biography Conference (September 8 at 09:00am) Monday, September 8, 2008 9:00 am - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:00 pm, Ferguson Room. This will be a multi-disciplinary conference, covering any aspect of collective or group life writing. Papers will cover aspects of this theme, such as networks; families; artistic, political or academic ... (more)Reader education - Getting started @ the National Library (September 9 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, September 9, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Training Room 3, Training Room 4. Learn how to register as a reader, use the Library’s website, search the catalogue, and request materials. Includes a tour of the Main Reading Room, and the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room. Bookings: (02) ... (more)Fourth HRC Seymour Lecture in Biography (September 10 at 6:00pm) Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Theatre. Free. Richard Holmes will talk about the importance of the great tradition of popular biography both in Britain and Australia, and the growing influence of life writing as it has currently developed. In association with ANU and Australian ... (more)Reader Education - Newspaper Researching (September 11 at 7:30pm) Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Learn about the Library’s print, microform and online resources to assist researchers and family historians make the most of one of Australia’s largest collections of newspaper resources. Bookings: (02) ... (more)Reader education - Using Microforms (September 23 at 09:00am) Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:00 am - 10:00 am. This hands-on session introduces Microform Reader functions, including scanning multiple page files, saving files to various drives and emailing saved files. Bring your USB device and webmail logon information. Newspapers and Microforms Reading ... (more)Reader education - Drop-in Research skills (September 25 at 12:30pm) Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Having trouble finding the information you need? Come along to this drop-in session and get advice from a professional librarian on how to get the most from the National Library's collection. Bring along ... (more)Sydney Pen '3 Voices' (September 25 at 5:30pm) Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Conference Room. $22 / $12 Concession. In the second of the series, author Melissa Lucashenko will speak on SURVIVAL, followed by a conversation with Canberra Times editor Jack Waterford. In association withy Sydney PEN, Copyright Agency Limited ... (more)Miller Street Soiree #3 - Remastered (September 25 at 6:00pm) Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Theatre. As part of VIVID, twenty Australian photographers present a one night only multimedia exhibition featuring photography and music. Plus Photographic Print Raffle and People's Choice Award. Open to the public. Free entry. Bookings: ... (more)Reader Education - Discover Ancestry.com (October 7 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, October 7, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Learn about the vast array of resources offered by Ancestry.com, including records for Britain, the US and Australia. This hands-on session will cover the UK census, BDM indexes, wills, historic British directories ... (more)Text, Stage, Screen: Titus Andronicus (October 7 at 12:30pm) Michael Gow. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm,
Theatre.
Theatre stalwarts Michael Gow and John Bell discuss the translation of the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus for stage and film interpretations.
The Legacy of the Great Irish Famine in History, Archaeology and Folklore (October 8 at 6:00pm) Michael Gibbons. Wednesday, October 8, 2008 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm,
Theatre.
Irish archaeologist and historian, Michael Gibbons, explores the consequences of the Great Irish Famine on the history of modern Ireland.
Admission: $10 Friends, $15 non-members.
Bookings: (02) 6262 1698 or friends@nla.gov.au
Reader education - Newspaper Researching (October 9 at 12:30pm) Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Learn about the Library’s print, microform and online resources to assist researchers and family historians make the most of one of Australia’s largest collections of newspaper resources. Bookings: (02) ... (more)Reader education - Newspaper Researching (November 13 at 12:30pm) Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. IT Training Room 1, IT Training Room 2. Learn about the Library’s print, microform and online resources to assist researchers and family historians make the most of one of Australia’s largest collections of newspaper resources. Bookings: (02) ... (more)Sydney PEN '3 Voices' (November 13 at 5:30pm) Anna Funder. Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. Brindabella Room, Conference Room. $22 / $12 Concession (includes light refreshments). In the final of the series, author Anna Funder will speak on COURAGE, followed by a conversation with ANU Professor Hilary Charlesworth. In association withy ... (more)Poetry Slam 2008 - Heat 2 (November 14 at 7:00pm) Friday, November 14, 2008 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Foyer. Bear witness to the competitive art of performance poetry, as Canberra's local poets, hip-hop artists and other wordsmiths compete in the Australian Poetry Slam 2008! All competitors must register in order to perform. Registration to compete: ... (more)Reader Education - Getting started @ the NLA (November 18 at 12:30pm) Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. Training Room 3, Training Room 4. Learn how to register as a reader, use the Library’s website, search the catalogue, and request materials. Includes a tour of the Main Reading Room, and the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room. Bookings: (02) ... (more)Reader education - Printed Ephemera: more than just books! (November 20 at 12:30pm) Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. Training Room 3, Training Room 4. With the Cirque du Soleil in town, come and see some unexpected treats from the Library’s ephemera collection. This collection holds many great and sometime curious resources, including early theatre and circus ... (more)Cool Librarians (ages 6 - 8) (January 21 at 11:00am) Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. Brindabella Room, Conference Room. Meet Prue Theroux the very cool librarian, and discover all the things Librarians do in Australia’s biggest Library. Cost: $5. Bookings: 02 6262 1271
Summer Storytime (ages 4 - 5) (January 28 at 11:00am) Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:00 am - 11:45 am. Brindabella Room, Conference Room. Share a captivating story by an Australian children’s author, followed by an interactive activity. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bring a packed lunch and stay for a movie. Cost: Gold coin donation. Bookings: ... (more)Film: Joey (1997) (January 28 at 12:30pm) A young boy boards a train to reunite a baby kangaroo with his abducted parents, and begins a hilarious adventure through city streets and the halls of government, finding a best friend and justice on the way. 90 mins, G (Gold coin donation)
Film Screening: Bachelor Mother (USA 1939) (February 4 at 6:00pm) One of the most underappreciated gems of the screwball comedy era. Cost: Free, but you must be a member of the Friends of the National Library or the Reel McCoy Film Society. Membership cards must be shown at the door Bookings not required.
Film screening: North of Capricorn (2008) (February 5 at 12:30pm) A beautiful new film by Margaret Anne Smith, based on the work of Henry Reynolds. This film explores the history of the multicultural communities of Darwin, Broome and Cairns. Duration: 52 minutes. Presented in association with Ronin Films
Meet the Artist - Roger Ballen Floortalk (February 10 at 12:30pm) Roger Ballen. South African photographer Roger Ballen talks about his exhibition, Brutal, Tender, Human, Animal currently on display at the National Library. Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Film screening: BABE (1995) (February 11 at 12:00pm) Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. 92 mins, G. (Gold coin donation)
Public Lecture: Roger Ballen (February 11 at 6:00pm) Roger Ballen. The works of internationally renowned artist Roger Ballen are some of the most challenging in contemporary photography. Don't miss this opportunity to hear Roger delve into the intricacies and complexities of his work in this major public lecture. Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Film screening: Why Me? (2007) (February 12 at 12:30pm) Why Me? follows the stories of five adults as they struggle with the repercussions of the government policy which removed children from their families and country. A film by Rick Cavaggion. Duration: 52 minutes. Presented in association with Ronin Films
Before Cook: 18th Century Accounts of Life in Eastern Indonesia (February 17 at 12:30pm) James Fox. Professor James Fox draws on the personal account of young German officer Ernst Christoph Barchewitz, among others, to present an intimate portrait of social life in the early 18th century in what is now eastern Indonesia. Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Literary Lovers: Speed dating for book lovers (February 20 at 6:30pm) Friday, February 20, 2009 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Foyer, ex libris. $30 / $25 concession (price includes free glass of wine and light refreshments upon arrival). Come and celebrate the joys of reading and romance at Literary Lovers - the thinking people’s speed dating. Bring along a book you love to act ... (more)Canberra Series Lecture: Tea, Tennis and Mrs Tillyard (February 25 at 12:30pm) Susan Mary Withycombe. Many women came to Canberra in the 1920s and 1930s as wives and daughters of men who came to work in a capital city under construction. Having left homes and family elsewhere, some were enthusiastic pioneers, seizing the opportunity to make a new life in a modern house in a Garden City that offered “the ... (more)The Prime Minister's Literary Award (February 26 at 6:00pm) Philip Jones. Join non-fiction prizewinner Philip Jones to discover how the Prime Minister's Literary Award changes a writer's life. Book signing and refreshments to follow. Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Family History meet and greet (September 5 at 11:00am) Find out the latest developments in family history from experts of the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra and staff in the National Library's Family History Team. Bookings: (02) 6262 1266 or online form
Australian Schoolyard Astronomy (September 9 at 4:30pm) Try fun ideas for astronomy lessons using the Library's publication Australian Backyard Astronomy. Cost: $5, includes refreshments Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Canberra Series lecture with Coralie Wood (September 23 at 12:30pm) Canberra Series lecture with Coralie Wood Coralie Wood speaks about her experiences as a theatre publicist. She will be signing copies of her book Floating in Foyers after the lecture. Cost: $5; Bookings essential: (02) 6262 1698 or friends@nla.gov.au
Woman of Flowers (October 11 at 2:00pm) Leonie Norton discusses her recent book, Women of Flowers, published by the National Library, which pays tribute to Australia's female colonial artists. Cost: Free Book signing to follow. Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Cold Blooded but Catchy (October 20 at 12:30pm) Nick Cave's 1996 album Murder Ballads contains both traditional and contemporary forms of this unusual folk music tradition. Meet a host of infamous murderers and their victims, as this talk traces the origins of some of the traditional murder ballads that inspired and informed Cave's album. Presented ... (more)Opium, Guns and Banana Money: Financing the Indonesian revolution 1945 - 1949 (October 21 at 5:30pm) Robert Cribb.
Inaugural Ray Mathew Memorial Lecture (October 22 at 6:00pm) Geraldine Brooks . Supported by the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust and the Embassy of the United States of America Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks gives the first Ray Mathew Lecture, a new annual lecture celebrating the achievements of Australians living elsewhere. Geraldine will speak on 'The Opportunity ... (more)Friends Book Club Lecture - The Turn of the Screw (October 27 at 6:00pm) Dr Rich Pascal discusses Spoiled Children and Other Monsters: The Thoughtful Horrors of The Turn of the Screw . The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Book Club Lecture with guest speaker, Dr Rich Pascal - Spoiled Children and Other Monsters: The Thoughtful Horrors of The Turn of the Screw Henry James' The Turn of the Screw (1898) may be the most powerful tale of Gothic horror ever written—even though its haunts ... (more)Friends of the NLA/Reel McCoy Film Screening (October 28 at 6:00pm) King of the Coral Sea (1954) Guest Speaker: Dr David Headon, Advisor on the Centenary of Canberra Cast: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Ilma Adey, Rod Taylor, Chips Rafferty
The Time Was Ripe: Sun Books as an Agent of Cultural Change in Australia (November 19 at 4:00pm) John Arnold. Lecture presented by Harold White Fellow John Arnold. Cost: Free Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Out from Underground: Censorship and the Arts (December 5 at 2:00pm) This half-day seminar brings together new research on the hidden objects of censorship, including the history of underground cinema, the anarchic responses of the art world, and the banning of infamous books. From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Deep Throat, the paintings of artists like Richard Larter ... (more) |
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