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Annabel Crabb launching book on 2003 bus...

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Canberra bookshop hop

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The Cupping Room Cookbook: Recipes from ...

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The Capital Cookbook 3: secret recipes f...

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Local industrial designer turns a new pa...

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Canberra Writers Festival comes to town

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Zoe Foster Blake Amazinger Face launch a...

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The District: A suburban gem with a diff...

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Jones & Co: A fresh take on a Kings...

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Movie review: Hell or High Water

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Movie Review: Inferno

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Little Brother: An ideal brunch spot wit...

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A new go-to with all the favourites

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March 07

Inked Exhibition at National Library of ...

Picture an elite society with cigars and cognac in hand living a bohemian lifestyle. Car... Keep reading

June 07

Deeds not words: Treasures Talk

Dr Beatrice Bijon explores the Brittish suffragette movement through the lens of the pap... Keep reading

June 06

Book Launch: Victory on Gallipoli and Ot...

In this fascinating collection of essays, prominent historians contemplate how Australia... Keep reading

April 19

Canberra Secrets Book Launch

Marg Wade, owner and operator of Canberra Secrets Personalised Tours, has a passion for ... Keep reading

April 30

From the Letter to the Law: Canberra Int...

A series of three all-Australian mini-recitals, commencing at the National Library and m... Keep reading

April 30

John Bell on Words at The National Libra...

John Bell, Australia’s master of the spoken word, appears in conversation with Genevie... Keep reading

April 12

Author Talk: Sunburnt Country: History a...

Award-winning climate scientist and writer Dr Joëlle Gergis pieces together Australia�... Keep reading

May 14

Sharing the Library’s Treasures – Colony...

Treasures Curator Nat Williams explores the items currently on loan to the National Gall... Keep reading

May 31

Vietnam 1968 at The National Library of ...

Curator Dr Walter Kudrycz examines why 1968 was a major year for the war in Vietnam. ... Keep reading

May 11

Library Up Late

Expect the unexpected at Library Up Late - an evening just for adults. Ben Law and his m... Keep reading

November 18

Canberra in Cake Book Launch

The Canberra in Cake book launch will run from 10.00am - 11.30am. Come along to the Bel... Keep reading

November 08

Author Talk: The Passage of Love by Alex...

Alex Miller speaks about his new work, The Passage of Love, an exquisitely personal nove... Keep reading

October 16

Author Talk: The Life To Come by Michell...

In her new novel, Michelle de Kretser explores the art of fiction and how art can transf... Keep reading

October 10

Book Launch: Living the 1960s by Noeline...

The sixties: a decade of safari suits and droopy moustaches? Living the 1960s guides you... Keep reading

September 21

2017 Ray Mathew Lecture: A Paradox of Em...

Novelist Kim Scott reveals how reclaiming Aboriginal language and story may offer a narr... Keep reading

September 07

Author Talk: Random Life by Judy Horacek

Hear from one of Australia’s favourite cartoonists. Random Life is a collection of ove... Keep reading

August 09

Author Talk: The Songs of Trees by David...

The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature’s most ... Keep reading

August 02

Author Talk: Colombiano by Rusty Young

For seven years Rusty Young, author of the international bestseller Marching Powder, liv... Keep reading

June 06

Book launch of Cities: Ten Poets, Ten Ci...

Join award-winning poet Melinda Smith and editors Paul Hetherington and Shane Strange to... Keep reading

May 04

The Long Table: Tom & Meg Keneally

The launch of the Muse new literary luncheon series with Tom Keneally and his daughter a... Keep reading

March 30

Behind the scenes at the National Librar...

Take a tour to visit enormous stacks where the books are stored and learn about strange ... Keep reading

March 29

Treasures Gallery at the National Librar...

Take a tour and come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Au... Keep reading

April 01

Discover your National Library Tour

Visiting the National Library? Whether this is your first visit or the next of many, you... Keep reading

April 23

Writing While Female

Some of Canberra’s most interesting writers of life explore what it means to write as ... Keep reading

April 02

Bipartisan: Marion Halligan and John Sto...

Join beloved Canberra literary couple, novelist Marion Halligan and poet John Stokes... Keep reading

February 28

Author Talk with Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien explores the epic and resonant novel about the far-reaching effects of C... Keep reading

February 21

State of Hope – Griffith Review

Explore the economic, social, environmental and cultural challenges facing South Austral... Keep reading

February 20

Meet the Author: Kate Grenville

Award-winning writer Kate Grenville discusses her latest book The Case Against Fragrance... Keep reading

February 16

Fight like a Girl: With Clementine Ford

Clementine Ford exposes just how unequal the world continues to be for women. Keep reading

February 12

This is Banjo Paterson: Children’s...

Join author Tania McCartney for an interactive book reading about the life of one of Aus... Keep reading

February 12

The Story of Australia’s People: T...

As one of the country’s most significant and popular historians, Geoffrey Blainey’s ... Keep reading

February 02

Shooting the Picture: Press Photography ...

Researchers Sally Young and Fay Anderson pose the question: will changes in technology s... Keep reading

January 25

Summer Storytime

Share your love of reading and stories with some funny and charming yarns from the Libra... Keep reading

January 24

From Raskols to We Cut Heads: Stephen Du...

Stephen Dupont, acclaimed photojournalist and official war artist, presents a lecture on... Keep reading

August 25

Canberra Writers Festival

Power, Politics and Passion are the driving themes of the festival and an exciting line ... Keep reading

January 12

OLD BUS DEPOT MARKETS – INTERNATIO...

Celebrate Canberra's rich and diverse multicultural community at the Old Bus Depot Marke... Keep reading

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GIVEAWAY: 10x Double Passes to Peterloo

April 17, 2019 | Film, Entertainment

Peterloo is an up and coming drama directed by Mike Leigh hitting the cinemas on May 16! To celebrate the release of the...

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GIVEAWAY: 5x Double Passes to Spanish Film Festival

April 09, 2019 | Film, Entertainment

It’s fiesta time on the big screen at this year’s 2019 Moro Spanish Film Festival! Presented by Palace Electric Cine...

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GIVEAWAY: Game of Thrones Trivia

April 02, 2019 | Film, Entertainment

Think you know all things Game of Thrones? You now have the chance to put your knowledge to the test on the BIG SCREEN. ...

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Spiegeltent breathes LIFE into Canberra + Win a Booth

March 26, 2019 | Theatre, Entertainment, Music, Arts

Roll up Canberra, the greatest party is BACK! The Spiegeltent is retu...

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GIVEAWAY: 2x double passes to Don Quixote screening

March 20, 2019 | Film, Entertainment, Arts

The breathtaking screening of the royal ballet Don Quixote is coming to Palace Cinemas on the 7th and 10th of April. To ...

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GIVEAWAY: 10x Double Passes to Peterloo

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GIVEAWAY: Game of Thrones Trivia

Spiegeltent breathes LIFE into Canberra + Win a Booth

GIVEAWAY: 2x double passes to Don Quixote screening

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