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A split image featuring a smiling older woman in a black top sitting at a table on the left, and a flat lay of art supplies, including a sketchbook with a drawing of a person, a black folio, and a dragonfly illustration on a patterned background on the right.
Visual Journalling for Library Lovers Session 1
07 Oct 2026 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

*Booked out* Have you ever wanted to record a visit to the National Library in a more personal way?

Book lovers
Family historians
Friends of the Library
Conference Room
Friends of the Library event
Booked out
A split image featuring a smiling older woman in a black top sitting at a table on the left, and a flat lay of art supplies, including a sketchbook with a drawing of a person, a black folio, and a dragonfly illustration on a patterned background on the right.
Visual Journalling for Library Lovers Session 2
07 Oct 2026 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Have you ever wanted to record a visit to the National Library in a more personal way?

Book lovers
Family historians
Friends of the Library
Conference Room
Friends of the Library event
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Friends Collection Viewing: Birds of a Feather
04 Nov 2026 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm

The Friends of the National Library of Australia present their annual collection viewing event.

Friends of the Library
Theatre
Friends of the Library event
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Assistance animals welcome
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Wheelchair accessible
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The Craft of Science Fiction
26 Nov 2026 | 6:00pm - 7:15pm

Ray Bradbury famously described Science Fiction as ’The art of the possible.’ Join the Friends and multi-award-winning Australian Science Fiction authors to explore the many ways science fiction writing tangles with real life, and to consider the possibilities this brings with it.

Book lovers
Friends of the Library
Online
Theatre
Friends of the Library event
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Assistance animals welcome
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Wheelchair accessible

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