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The Matilda Effect
Book event: The Matilda Effect with Fiona Crawford and Grace Gill
30 Aug - 30 Aug 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Fiona Crawford discussed her latest book The Matilda Effect with former Matilda's soccer star Grace Gill.

Online
Theatre
Books and authors
Author talk
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A portrait photo of a woman with her hair tied up in a bun and wearing a black shirt.
Book event: In conversation with Brenda Matthews
25 Aug - 25 Aug 2023 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Brenda Matthews talked about her story and the process of turning it into a documentary and a published book, both titled The Last Daughter.

Theatre
Books and authors
Author talk
First Australians
Past event
Whats On Last Daughter author talk
Documentary screening: The Last Daughter (2022)
24 Aug - 24 Aug 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

A special screening of the award-winning documentary The Last Daughter.

Theatre
Film screening
First Australians
Past event
event birdo book launch
Towards a level playing field: Women in sport panel discussion
17 Aug - 17 Aug 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

A conversation about the experiences of women in Australian sport with cricket rising star Holly Ferling, former Matildas player Michelle Heyman, paralympic gold medallist Vanessa Low and facilitated by sports journalist Anthea Moodie.

Online
Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
Emma Smith Sitting
Shakespeare’s First Folio: From London to Australia and many points in between
12 Aug - 12 Aug 2023 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discussed Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
Pakies Club

Pakies Club, Pakie's Club Interior from Records, 1928-1994 MS9071, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1420498

Pakie's Club: A modern arts salon in interwar Sydney with Dr Deirdre O’Connell
03 Aug - 03 Aug 2023 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Hear from Dr Deirdre O’Connell as she presents a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the extraordinary influence of Augusta 'Pakie' Macdougall who brought suffragist activism, Greenwich Village’s salon culture, and the Little Theatre movement to interwar Sydney.

Online
Theatre
Past event
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Fellowship talk
Whats on July Winter Tales
Winter Tales presents Liz Cosson
23 Jul - 23 Jul 2023 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Liz Cosson gave her Winter Tales talk, Leading with Grit and Grace, for the Australian Women’s Archives Program (AWAP).

Ferguson Room
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Talks and ideas
Celebrate with friends
Celebrate with Friends
21 Jul - 21 Jul 2023 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

There were new items on display in the Library's Treasures Gallery and we hosted a mid-winter celebration.

Treasures Gallery
Friends of the Library event
Past event
Whats On July School Holidays Workshop 2
School holiday activity: Creative writing workshop for teen writers
13 Jul - 13 Jul 2023 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

Teenagers aged 12 to 18 years of age were invited to join author Jack Heath for a creative writing workshop.

High school students
Lower Ground 1
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
Whats On July School Holidays Workshop 1
School holiday activity: Creative writing workshop for young writers
12 Jul - 12 Jul 2023 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

Young people aged 8 to 12 years of age were invited to join children's book author Emma Allen for a creative writing workshop.

Lower Ground 1
For kids and families
School holiday event
Past event
Rugby League Panel Whats On

New South Wales Rugby Football League, By laws and rules together with laws of the game, 1908, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52863578

‘Played strong, done good’: Rugby League history panel
11 Jul - 11 Jul 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

A conversation about the history of rugby league with Sia Soliola and Katrina Fanning, facilitated by Tim Gavel. This panel event looked at some of the changes and big milestones which have happened in professional rugby league over the last 30 years.

Online
Theatre
Past event
Talks and ideas
Whats On Podcast launch ANU

Image credit: Emi Cashman

Lost literature and textual technologies: Panel discussion and podcast launch
09 Jul - 09 Jul 2023 | 4:00pm - 7:30pm

​​​​​​The launch of ANU’s new podcast To Be Continued, uncovering lost literary fiction in Australian newspapers digitised by Trove.

Theatre
Past event
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