15 May 2019, 10:30am–12:00pmAccessing ebooksLearn everything you need to know about searching and downloading ebooks to a PC or your own device.Cost: FreeBookings required
16 May 2019, 6:00pm–6:30pmDome at Dusk: Magellan, Drake and the race to circumnavigateFind out more about intrepid navigators, Ferdinand Magellan and Francis Drake.Cost: Freebooked out
21 May 2019, 6:00pm–7:00pmThe Garret LIVE at the LibraryHear award-winning writer and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation with host Astrid Edwards.Cost: Freebookings required
01 June 2019–01 July 2019Dome at duskJoin us under the Dome at dusk for a series of specialist collection talks.Cost: Freebookings required
06 June 2019, 6:00pm–6:30pmDome at Dusk: ‘Who so shall telle a tale …’ – Chaucer at the LibraryHear Chaucer’s language brought to life with medieval literature expert Professor Stephanie Trigg.Cost: Freebookings required
20 June 2019, 6:00pm–6:30pmDome at Dusk: Feed your land and it will feed youJoin curator Bethan Johnson to explore how the hopes of modernity shaped farming in Victoria.Cost: Freebookings required
20 June 2019, 7:00pm–8:00pmWays of listeningJoin Emerging Writers’ Festival’s three Melbourne Recital Centre Writers-in-Residence for a night of discussion, performance and live music.Cost: Full price $30, concession $25.Bookings required
04 July 2019, 6:00pm–6:30pmDome at Dusk – Australian Gothic: Picnic at Hanging RockHear Dr Catherine Padmore explore material relating to the book and it's author Joan Lindsay’s life.Cost: Freebookings required
18 July 2019, 6:00pm–6:30pmDome at Dusk – Georgiana McCrae: linguist, painter and diaristFind out more about the sketches, paintings and aretafcts of Georgiana McCrae.Cost: FreeBookings required
24 July 2019, 6:00pm–7:00pmThe 2019 Redmond Barry LectureJoin acclaimed ballet dancer David McAllister as he delivers the 2019 Redmond Barry lecture Ballet: not just tutus and tiaras.Cost: Freebookings required