Cultural historian Gillian Arrighi reveals how the ephemera, manuscript, music and pictures collections are enabling her to piece together this fascinating history, providing new insights into childhood, and Australia’s theatre industry.

Researchers Sally Young and Fay Anderson pose the question: will changes in technology spell the end of traditional press photography? With Andrew Meares, Chief Photographer, Fairfax Media.

Stephen Dupont, acclaimed photojournalist and official war artist, presents a lecture on his artist’s books project, followed by a conversation with Treasures Curator Nat Williams.

Hear author Peter Manning and artist Janet Venn-Brown take an in-depth look at the life and work of an intrepid and passionate artist.

The latest novel by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tackles some of the most profoundly challenging yet essential concerns of our time: prejudice, race and justice.

Author Paul Ham and Australian journalist and commentator Jack Waterford AM explore how ordinary men on both sides endured this constant state of siege, with a very real awareness that they were being gradually, deliberately, wiped out.

Australian journalist and commentator Jack Waterford AM launches Clive Hamilton’s latest work, which explores the colourful, enthralling and stirring forms of protest used in the big social movements that define modern Australia.

To mark the 400th anniversary of the Hartog voyage, Maps Curator Martin Woods and author Allen Mawer revisit the experiences of the Hartog expedition, and the events that followed.

Reflect on the deep divisions this referendum imposed, and its long-term effects on Australian society, with Professor Joan Beaumont, Dr John Connor, Dr Michael McKernan and Professor Peter Stanley.

Author Paul Daley examines how National Library collections are giving life, shape and voice to the characters and landscape in his new novel, Jesustown.