Newsflash:

The Library is open over the October long weekend, with reduced hours on Monday 2 October 2023. View the long weekend opening hours here.

Nights at the Library

Experience the Library after dark. 

Experience the State Library after dark with engaging performances, workshops, conversations and debates, plus special events at the rooftop Library Bar. The monthly program of events celebrates curiosity and creativity, and the line-up of new voices and ground-breaking performers will ignite your passions, spark curiosity, and provoke healthy debate.

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This initiative is proudly supported by the NSW Government through the Culture Up Late Program.

Trivia
The Library Bar

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wednesday 1 March 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 5 April 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 3 May 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 7 June 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 5 July 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 2 August 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 6 September 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 4 October 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 1 November 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 6 December 2023 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 6 March 2024 - 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday
Wednesday 3 April 2024 - 6pm to 8pm

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Trivia in The Library Bar, hosted by writer and editor Cathy Perkins

Read Trivia in the Library Bar
TALKS AND IDEAS

Melissa Lucashenko: Edenglassie

Wednesday
Wednesday 18 October 2023 - 6pm to 7pm
Melissa Lucashenko discusses her epic new novel Edenglassie with Daniel Browning.
Read Melissa Lucashenko: Edenglassie
TALKS AND IDEAS

Rebecca Makkai: I Have Some Questions for You

Tuesday
Tuesday 17 October 2023 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Acclaimed author of The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai, discusses her new novel I Have Some Questions for You with Laura Brading.
Read Rebecca Makkai: I Have Some Questions for You