Event reviews Past Events 02 Aug 02 Aug John Willis in Conversation with the Australian Queer Archives 02-08-2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Mezzanine Level, Victorian Pride Centre 79 – 81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda ConversationDisplay 02 Aug 02 Aug Meet Me at the Book Fair 02-08-2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Tour 02 Aug 02 Aug Starting a Career in the Rare Book Trade? 02-08-2025 @ 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM The Balcony, Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Talk 01 Aug 01 Aug Down the Rabbit Hole: 01-08-2025 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM State Library Victoria, Digital Laboratory, 328 Swanston Street DisplayTalk 31 Jul 31 Jul The Archaeology of an Archive 31-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins St, Melbourne Panel discussionTalk 31 Jul 31 Jul Come into Moominland 31-07-2025 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM North Melbourne Library, 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne DisplayReadings 31 Jul 31 Jul Caring for Victoria’s Collections 31-07-2025 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM State Library Victoria, Conservation Laboratory, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne DisplayTour 31 Jul 31 Jul From Convict Printers to Book Arcades 31-07-2025 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Book signingConversation 31 Jul 31 Jul The Grand Tour 31-07-2025 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Noel Shaw Galley, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne TalkTour 31 Jul 31 Jul - 02 Aug 55th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair 31-07-2025 - 02-08-2025 Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne (via Monash Road) Book Fair 30 Jul 30 Jul Uncover Hidden Treasures: 30-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM PMI Victorian History Library, 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran Panel discussion 30 Jul 30 Jul What Does Democracy Feel Like? 30-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM Brunswick Library, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick Talk 30 Jul 30 Jul Democracy and Polarization 30-07-2025 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM The University of Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St., Carlton Talk 30 Jul 30 Jul Sue’s Books 30-07-2025 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Meeting room, Level 1,122 George Street, East Melbourne ConversationDisplay 30 Jul 30 Jul Chance Operations: 30-07-2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne DisplayTalk 30 Jul 30 Jul ILAB Symposium: Old Books, New Perspectives 30-07-2025 @ 01:00 PM - 06:00 PM Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Symposium 30 Jul 30 Jul Curators’ Tour of World of the Book 30-07-2025 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM State Library Victoria, 328 Swanston Street Tour 30 Jul 30 Jul Rare Sports Books and Ephemera 30-07-2025 @ 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM MCC Library, Level 3, Members Stand, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont Panel discussion 30 Jul 30 Jul Discover Melbourne’s Oldest Lending Library 30-07-2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne DisplayTalk 30 Jul 30 Jul Travelling to Art: 30-07-2025 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, Multipurpose Room 2, 252 Faraday Street, Carlton DisplayTalk 29 Jul 29 Jul Outrageous Fortunes 29-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street Book signingConversation 29 Jul 29 Jul How Fashion Gave Birth to Art Deco 29-07-2025 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM East Melbourne Library, Meeting room, Level 1,122 George Street, East Melbourne Talk 29 Jul 29 Jul Illuminated Manuscripts from Around the World 29-07-2025 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM State Library Victoria, Digital Laboratory, 328 Swanston Street DisplayTalk 29 Jul 29 Jul In Hiding 29-07-2025 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, Multipurpose Room 1, 251 Faraday Street Carlton Talk 29 Jul 29 Jul Scapegoats of the Empire 29-07-2025 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 328 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne Talk 29 Jul 29 Jul Le Mort or la Mort 29-07-2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Council Room, 250 – 290 Spring St, East Melbourne Talk 29 Jul 29 Jul Hoarder or Historian? 29-07-2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 328 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne Talk 29 Jul 29 Jul Political Poster Collectives: 29-07-2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Building 100, RMIT University, 154 Victoria Street, Carlton DisplayTalk 28 Jul 28 Jul Sixty years a bookseller 28-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Conversation 28 Jul 28 Jul Picturing the World of Jane Austen 28-07-2025 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM East Melbourne Library, Meeting room, Level 1,122 George Street, East Melbourne Talk 28 Jul 28 Jul Judging a Book by its Cover 28-07-2025 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM State Library Victoria, Digital Laboratory, 328 Swanston Street DisplayTalk 28 Jul 28 Jul - 30 May The Grand Tour 28-07-2025 @ 10:00 AM - 30-05-2026 @ 05:00 PM Noel Shaw Galley, Level 1, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne Exhibition 27 Jul 27 Jul Meet Mrs Beeton 27-07-2025 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Books for Cooks Bookshop, 115 – 121 Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne DisplayTalk 26 Jul 26 Jul Rare and Revealing: 26-07-2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM The Johnston Collection Talk 26 Jul 26 Jul Women in Natural History 26-07-2025 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM Melbourne Museum Theatre, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton DisplayPanel discussion 26 Jul 26 Jul The Cowlishaw Symposium 2025 26-07-2025 @ 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM RACS, 250 – 290 Spring Street, East Melbourne Symposium 25 Jul 25 Jul Joseph Furphy on Settler Violence 25-07-2025 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM The Wild Geese, 29 Sydney Road, Brunswick, 3055 Talk 25 Jul 25 Jul The Enigmatic Mr Pepys 25-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM Tonic House, 368 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Talk 25 Jul 25 Jul The Past is Never Past: 25-07-2025 @ 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM 209 Nicholson Street, Footscray Panel discussion 25 Jul 25 Jul The First Catalogue of the Supreme Court Library of Victoria (1861) 25-07-2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Supreme Court of Victoria, 210 William Street, Melbourne Talk 25 Jul 25 Jul - 25 Jul Stories of Late Victorian Melbourne 25-07-2025 @ 10:00 AM - 25-07-2025 @ 02:00 PM Mannix Library, 278 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne DisplayTour 24 Jul 24 Jul Doctors in Melbourne in the Time of La Trobe 24-07-2025 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM Tonic House, 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Talk 24 Jul 24 Jul Hearing the News 24-07-2025 @ 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM - Webinar 24 Jul 24 Jul William Strutt’s Victoria the Golden: 24-07-2025 @ 12:30 PM - 02:30 PM Parliament House, Spring Street, East Melbourne Talk 23 Jul 23 Jul - 23 Aug Jacques Labillardiѐre’s Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 23-07-2025 @ 09:30 AM - 23-08-2025 @ 06:00 PM Ballarat Library Exhibition Space, 178 Doveton St, Ballarat Exhibition 1 2 3 →