What’s On

Have you been inspired by the Sydney Writers’ Festival?

Stories and characters from much-loved Australian picture books come to life in this celebration of children’s literature. 

Over 30,000 spectators. Countless sporting heroes. One tournament. Take a front row seat in this major celebration of First Nations sporting...

This major exhibition takes a queer lens to the State Library’s vast collection and shares more than 20 untold stories that celebrate LGBTQI+...

Current highlights include William Yang’s Sydneyphiles Reimagined.

More than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings.

Learn to crack the code and understand the secret language of picture book illustrations. 

Join a guided tour through some of the incredible stories in the exhibition, Pride (R)evolution.

Master Director Alfred Hitchcock’s acclaimed thriller film noir, based on author Patricia Highsmith's twisted moral tale. 

Deborah Lee-Talbot addresses Phyllis Mander-Jones’s surveying of Pacific records as Australia sought to define its national identity.

Hear celebrated photographer William Yang discuss his breakthrough exhibition Sydneyphiles, followed by a conversation with Benjamin Law.

Take a walk with us and investigate our land’s unique geography.