Victorian libraries collaborating to commemorate WWI
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Victoria’s public libraries and the State Library have worked together in the lead-up to the Anzac centenary.
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White Night Wonderland
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More than 19,000 culture vultures descended on the Library for White Night Melbourne last weekend.
Reading Matters 2015 program announced
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Hear from bestselling young-adult authors during the 11th biennial Reading Matters conference in May.
Poets at war: ‘What passing bells for these who die as cattle?’
Exhibitions, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to some of the great poets of the First World War, currently highlighted in The Mirror of the World exhibition
Children’s Book Festival 2015 line-up announced
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For one day only the State Library and Wheeler Centre will be turned into your very own children’s playground.
Final weeks of the Summer Read
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The Summer Read closes on 15 February, leaving you just enough time to read one of the recommended books and go into the prize draw.
State Library Victoria calls for Fellowships for 2015
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Applications open for Australia’s largest fellowship program.
Live music at the Library in January
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This month musicians Robert Muinos and Ella Hooper will fill the Cowen Gallery with the sounds of their latest solo projects.
‘Come play in our garden’ Play Pod launches
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This month a new garden theme was installed in the children’s Play Pod at the Library.
New in the collection: Daryl Lindsay drawing
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One of Daryl Lindsay’s earliest known drawings has just been donated to the State Library.
