Recorded events

Hear from the winners of the National Biography Award 2023, Ann-Marie Priest and Tom Patterson.

Award-winning author Ellen van Neerven discusses their highly anticipated new book, Personal Score, with ABC’s Sam Lewis.

Curator David Hansen discusses the Library’s exhibition, Charles Rodius, with Mitchell Librarian Richard Neville.

Author Suzie Lennox explores the rise of body snatching in Georgian Britain.

This lecture discusses The Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, and also considers the role of the free press, Indigenous people and women, as part of the emergence of a distinctive colonial print culture.

Professor Dan Lubman AM discusses why people resist getting help for their addictions and how you or your loved ones can help overcome some of the barriers faced in getting professional support.

Researchers Dr Michelle Lim and Professor Catherine Haslam explore what we can do to stop feeling lonely and practical steps you can take to form meaningful relationships.

Discover the latest thinking on what too much screen time does to our brains and learn scientifically proven techniques for resisting the pull of our digital devices, with Dr Mark Williams and Jonica Newby.

Author of Beyond Climate Grief, award-winning science reporter Jonica Newby explores how to navigate the emotional turmoil of climate change. 

Tom Lee, Linda Jaivin, Eileen Chong and Oliver Mol discuss the works they’ve written in Sydney, or about Sydney, to draw out just what role a city plays in making writers.

Contributors from Second City, an anthology published by the Sydney Review of Books, discuss new directions in non-fiction, the possibilities of essay writing and both the richness and limitations of the designation 'Western Sydney writer'.

Join Dr Melissa Norberg on The Science of Us program as she talks about anxiety and fear, and how we can conquer them when they arise.

A one-on-one online discussion with Matt Abbott and Philippa McDonald about Matt’s experiences as he worked to record the catastrophic Australian bushfires

 A new wave of Australian nature writers will redefine how to write about landscape, Country, ecology and biosphere in 21st century Australia.

Professor Mark Ledbury will argue that ‘running the numbers’, is both an effective and a necessary method to demonstrate why all societies should prize and preserve the humanities research and education.

On World Book Day, five passionate readers and writers shared their favourite and least favourite reads.

Crime stories often tell tales of great trauma, but the usually clear resolutions to even the most dreadful crimes give us a sense of hope.

Rhett and Ella travelled the country to capture fresh perspectives on the summer bushfires, the Black Lives Matter movement and the Closing the Gap strategy.

Louise Anemaat considers the context of the Endeavour voyage, the daily logbook written in Cook’s hand, and the three official copies, including one held by the Library.

Watch DX Lab Fellow, Mauricio Giraldo, present on the making of Aereo.

A talk that reflects on the erotics of knowledge and on the public or ‘popular’ lecture as a complex cultural phenomenon.