Helen Garner and Drusilla Modjeska, image courtesy of Drusilla Modjeska.
Come in from the cold and warm up with a variety of conversations and lectures at the National Library this June. There will be an in-conversation event with two prominent Australian crime writers, presentations from two of our research fellows on their discoveries in our collections and a talk from demographer Dr Liz Allen.
Program
- The craft of crime: In conversation with Sulari Gentill and Chris Hammer
Wednesday 5 June | 6.00pm to 7.30pm | $15 members; $20 non-members
The Friends of the National Library present two of Australia’s preeminent crime writers, Sulari Gentill and Chris Hammer, in conversation with crime fiction reviewer Anna Steele.
- Grief in World War II expressed in art and fashion with Dr Tets Kimura
Thursday 13 June | 5.30pm to 6.30pm | Free
Join Dr Tets Kimura as he presents a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into how grief was experienced during the Asia-Pacific War in two different nations, Australia and Japan, and how it is identifiable in art and fashion.
- Mining Modjeska’s archive with Dr Bernadette Brennan
Thursday 20 June | 5.30pm to 6.30pm | Free
Dr Bernadette Brennan will present a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research into the archives of award-winning author and editor Drusilla Modjeska.
- Winter Tales presents Dr Liz Allen
Sunday 23 June | 2.00pm to 4.00pm | $20
Join Dr Liz Allen as she delivers the presentation From accommodating to accommodated: How can Australia best support people from disadvantaged backgrounds? for The National Foundation for Australian Women and the Australian Women's Archives Program (AWAP).
For more information about each event and bookings please visit the relevant event webpages.
To arrange an interview with a spokesperson about any event, please contact 0401 226 697 or media@nla.gov.au
Contact
Mirelle O’Mara, Media Liaison, National Library of Australia
M: 0401 226 697
