Special Events
2010
To find out about upcoming special events, check What's On or see our Autumn at the Library brochure.
Improve your knowledge of printing techniques or medieval, Italian renaissance or children's books through these week-long courses.
2009
Listen to a discussion of how the legend of the Kelly Gang is evolving, with a panel of experts including collaborators in a recent archaeological dig in Glenrowan.
Listen to recordings from three seminars on learning with new media, social media in government, and the latest issues for public libraries.
A fun weekend of digital gaming events, with forums, documentaries, sessions for school groups and a gaming battle!
See digital art from all around the globe, including short film, animation and video art, on the big screen in Experimedia.
Listen to the State Library of Victoria's Shane Carmody reflect on outstanding works of astronomy from the Library's collection.
Discover women's voices in the State Library of Victoria's collections at this free seminar presented by the State Library and the Australian Women's Archives Project.
An independent games festival for game developers, educators, multimedia students, and artists working with interactive and digital media.
Rehearsed readings of winning scripts from the RE Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Awards, at the State Library of Victoria and fortyfivedownstairs.
Hear Kirsty Sword Gusmão and the Hon Steve Bracks discuss libraries, learning and development in Timor-Leste. The Hon John Cain introduces this talk.
A selection of some of the Library's most magnificent treasures tour regional Victoria. Collection experts explain the objects in free evening talks.
2008
Listen online to highlight events from 2008.
Find out what being a UNESCO City of Literature means for Melbourne and Edinburgh by listening to this discussion lead by publisher Lousie Adler.
Listen to Professor Stephen Heppell, one of Europe's education experts, talk about how we are facilitating more effective learning.
Hear Andy Muirhead (Collectors, ABC1) moderate a spirited and entertaining panel discussion about what books people collect, and why.
Listen to our recording of UK ideas-generator Charles Leadbeater talk about how the web creates opportunities for mass creativity and online collaboration.
Hear Jill Singer, Christine Barro, Lee Tulloch and Georgina Weir talk about Collins Street, its fashionable past and how it rates today in the fashion stakes.
Listen to a recording of a panel discussion that marked the publication of Running the Show: BA Santamaria Selected Documents 1939-1996, edited by Patrick Morgan.
2007
Enjoy recordings from these events held during 2007.
Listen to the audio or read the transcript of Inga Clendinnen delivering the 2007 National Biography Award Lecture on 7 November at the State Library.
Listen to audio of these unique concerts, held in 2007, showcasing rare original music from the Library's collection. Featuring Richard Divall, Marshall McGuire, Suzanne Johnston and more.
Listen to the audio of Australian author Thomas Keneally and Ari Roth, Artistic Director of Washington DC’s Theatre J, discussing Keneally’s new play, Either Or, with Mark Baker.
Listen to recordings of some of the events from this program, held 3-9 June 2007. The week celebrated the book in all its forms and showcased the exhibition Mirror of the World: books and ideas.
Hear our recording of Dr Julie Gough talking about 19th-century Indigenous relocation between Victoria and Van Diemen's Land. The 28 March lecture marked Women's History Month.
Listen to audio of this free conference dealing with the impact of climate change. Organised in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Listen to our recording of acclaimed Australian writer David Malouf speaking with academic and writer Morag Fraser at an October 2006 event held by Reader's Feast Bookstore and the Library.
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