We invite you to experience our 2026 Enlighten projection, The Page Turner by local artists Eleanor and Giovanni.

Join Canberra Writers Festival and author Natasha Brown for a special In Conversation event focused on her bold, new novel Universality.

Join artists Eleanor and Giovanni in conversation with Enlighten Creative Director Adam Deuisen, as they discuss their artistic practice and inspirations.

Dr Sylvia Martin, in conversation with Frank Bongiorno, launches her new book about prominent Australian artists Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Weston, and their incredible 60-year creative partnership.

Award winning animators and artists Eleanor & Giovanni present a workshop for children based on their Enlighten Festival 2026 illumination The Page Turner, created for the National Library.

Julie Gough discussed her recent Fellowship research focusing on colonial collections and their role in shaping Tasmanian Aboriginal histories.

Professor Lorna Hutson examined early modern legal and poetic texts to explore the concept of England's 'island nationhood'.

Join the Friends of the Library and delve into the Library's 2025 Treasures Gallery refresh. **Booked out**

We joined Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud for an in-conversation about architecture and design.

We joined Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud for an in-conversation about architecture and design.

We joined Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud for an in-conversation about architecture and design.

ArtsNational Canberra and Libby Melzer presented a lecture examining the 1297 inspeximus issue of the Magna Carta in the collection of the Parliament of Australia.