https://www.stickytickets.com.au/national-library.rssAll current events for National Library of Australiahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/59yyn/book_launch_spinozas_overcoat_by_subhash_jaireth.aspx‘It starts to rain as I step out of my hotel ....’ So begins Subhash Jaireth's striking collection of essays on the writers, and their writing, that have enriched his own life. The works of Franz Kafka, Marina Tsvetaeva, Mikhail Bulgakov, Paul Celan, Hiromi Ito, Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and others ignite in him the urge to travel (both physically and in spirit), almost like a pilgrim, to the places where such writers were born or died or wrote. Join author Subhash Jaireth, publisher & co-founder of Transit Lounge, Barry Scott, and Centenary Professor in Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra, Ross Gibson, for the launch of this meditation on the lives of poets & the power of words across languages.2020-02-03T21:47:14ZBook Launch: Spinoza's Overcoat by Subhash JairethWednesday 04-Mar-2020 6:00 PMCanberrahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/5hq4g/dreams_of_a_great_southern_land_the_southern_ring_continent.aspxJoin Chet Van Duzer, Cartographic Historian and Board member of the Lazarus Project at the University of Rochester, as he explores the early modern belief that there had to be a substantial landmass in the south to counterbalance the continents in the north. This hypothetical landmass was depicted on many maps beginning from c.1508, when such a continent appeared on a world map by Francesco Rosselli. Rosselli’s map showed a very large island at the South Pole, yet many maps from the sixteenth century illustrate a remarkable variant of this geographical myth: a continent-sized landmass that forms a ring of land around the South Pole, with open water at the pole itself. Chet will discuss the sources of this unusual view of the Southern Polar Regions found in classical, medieval, and Renaissance hydrographical theories and geographical texts. Image: Urbano monte world map 1587 David Rumsey Collection Stanford2020-01-22T04:50:41ZDreams of a Great Southern Land: The Southern Ring ContinentThursday 05-Mar-2020 6:00 PMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/75vrw/author_talk_truganini_by_cassandra_pybus.aspxListen to historian and award-winning author Cassandra Pybus discuss the inspiring and heart-wrenching story of Truganini. The name of Truganini is vaguely familiar to most Australians as 'the last of her race'. She has become an international icon for a monumental tragedy: the extinction of the original people of Tasmania within her lifetime. For nearly seven decades she lived through a psychological and cultural shift more extreme than most human imaginations could conjure. Cassandra examines the original eyewitness accounts to write Truganini’s extraordinary story. A lively, intelligent, young woman, Truganini managed to survive the devastating decade of the 1820s when the clans of south-eastern Tasmania were all but extinguished. Taken away from Bruny Island in 1830, she spent five years on a journey around Tasmania, across rugged highland with the self-styled missionary George Augustus Robinson, who was collecting all the surviving people to send them into exile on Flinders Island. She managed to avoid a long incarceration on Flinders Island when Robinson took her to Victoria where she was implicated in the murder of two white men. Acquitted of murder, she was returned to Tasmania where she lived for another thirty-five years. Her story is both inspiring and heart-wrenching, and it is told in full in this book for the first time. *Refreshments will be offered following this Author Talk. Image: Cassandra Pybus by Peter Mathews (2019)2020-01-22T05:15:47ZAuthor Talk: Truganini by Cassandra PybusTuesday 10-Mar-2020 6:00 PMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/8l5gh/canberra_day_oration_with_rosemary_follett_ao.aspxFirst woman to head an Australian State or Territory government, and first ACT Chief Minister, Rosemary Follett AO, has had a diverse career in both politics and the public service. Following the dismissal of the Whitlam government, Follett became President of the ACT ALP. Her negotiation skills proved of great use during the transition to ACT self-government, where she served two terms as Chief Minister: 1989-1990 and 1991-1995, and as ACT Discrimination Commissioner from 1996 to 2004. Not only has Follett served as Vice Chancellor at the University of Canberra, and Chair of the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies, she was also instrumental in bringing Nara as Canberra’s twin city and led a trade mission to Japan.2020-01-22T05:35:00ZCanberra Day Oration with Rosemary Follett AOThursday 12-Mar-2020 12:00 PMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/shyyn/the_idea_of_the_university__crisis_or_adaptation.aspxDisruption is all around us. We are experiencing profound upheaval that is transforming our economies, our societies and our values. For centuries, universities have advanced change in the public interest. Can they remain relevant in an era of fake news, anti-politics, and rising contempt for real expertise? What are the challenges facing students, academics, and the higher education sector today? What will the university of the future look like? Should engaging and inspiring the wider community be core business for universities? The Idea of the University matters to everyone concerned about adaptation and change in the 21st century. The event will be recorded for broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas , and will be followed by book signings with the speakers listed below. Speakers Brian Schmidt AC - Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University George Megalogenis - Political commentator, author and journalist Rebecca Huntley - Principal, Vox Populi Research Tamson Pietsch - Director, Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology Sydney Desmond Manderson - Director, Centre for Law, Arts and the Humanities, The Australian National University Facilitator Natasha Cica - Director, Kapacity.org2020-02-27T21:04:40ZThe Idea of the University - Crisis or Adaptation?Tuesday 17-Mar-2020 6:00 PMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/n7ddd/canberra_family_history.aspxDiscover the library's enchanting performing arts collections and learn how to best search and access these collections.2020-02-17T02:43:47ZCanberra Family HistoryWednesday 18-Mar-2020 1:00 PMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/rvmb9/beyond_the_picket_fence_smashed_avocado_and_the_great_australian_dream.aspxMany Australians dream about owning their own slice of paradise - a home on a block large enough for a game of backyard cricket and a BBQ. We all want the security of our own home. However, for those who have not realised this dream yet, it’s looking more and more just like that. A dream. Join author and journalist Nicole Haddow, Chief Economist for the Australia Institute and author Richard Denniss, and journalist and author Richard Glover, as they discuss what owning a home represents for Australians of all ages and whether it is still a feasible dream. Because of the current economic environment, home ownership rates are rapidly falling for all Australians under the age of 65. Should we ditch the Australian dream and eat all the smashed avocado we want? Or is home ownership still worth striving for? About the speakers: Nicole Haddow is a Melbourne-based journalist, who was the executive property writer for the Australian Financial Review. She now documents alternative methods of purchasing your first home at Smashed Avocado: The Millennial Property Guide and is the author of Smashed Avocado . ‘Buying a property isn’t easy. It’s not meant to be. It’s one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll make in your life. But it is worth it.’ At thirty, journalist Nicole Haddow had an unstable income, no financial plan and only credit-card debt to her name. But less than two years later she was a homeowner. The home ownership dream might look different today, but it’s still possible to make it a reality. Richard Glover ’s most recent book, The Land Before Avocado is a journey into a lost Australia of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. It will leave you wondering how bizarre things were not so long ago, and most of all, it will make you realise how far we've come - and how much further we can go. Glover regularly writes for The Washington Post and his weekly humour column has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald for over twenty years. He also presents the Drive show on ABC radio in Sydney. Richard Denniss ’ book, Econobabble and Curing Affluenza , describes Affluenza as the ‘strange desire we feel to spend money we don’t have to buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t know...’. Denniss is also co-author of Affluenza and chief economist at the Australia Institute. He writes for the Monthly, the Guardian, the Canberra Times and the Australian Financial Review. Image: John Flynn,http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1425047792020-02-06T23:59:10ZBeyond the Picket Fence: Smashed Avocado and the Great Australian DreamSaturday 21-Mar-2020 10:00 AMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/sfxet/book_launch_desire_lines_by_felicity_volk.aspxAre you still a liar? From its first icy scenes in the Arctic Circle, Felicity Volk’s new novel tells an epic story of a compulsive, unconventional love that spans decades and crosses continents. Desire Lines sets its exploration of truth and lies against society’s uneasy relationship with its own truth-telling in history, war and politics. Canberra’s coming of age, the construction of its institutional landmarks and milestones in Indigenous relations are the backdrop for the novel’s moving reminder that even truths that seem lost forever can find their way home. Join award-winning author Felicity Volk, former Senator and Our Watch Chair Natasha Stott Despoja AO and National Library Chair the Hon. Dr Brett Mason for the launch of Volk’s latest novel, Desire Lines.2020-02-16T20:44:48ZBook Launch: Desire Lines by Felicity VolkThursday 26-Mar-2020 6:00 PMCanberrahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/5o20h/lecture_capturing_our_built_world.aspxCurator Matthew Jones discusses the exhibition Australian Dreams , showcasing the way our built environment has been documented, interpreted and celebrated by some of Australia's greatest painters, printers, and photographers.2020-02-25T01:04:51ZLecture: Capturing Our Built WorldThursday 02-Apr-2020 12:30 PMCanberrahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/2xtgt/getting_started_at_the_national_library.aspxDiscover the library's enchanting performing arts collections and learn how to best search and access these collections.2020-02-24T02:41:52ZGetting Started at the National LibraryThursday 02-Apr-2020 1:00 PMParkeshttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/9ya6o/film_screening__paper_planes.aspxThis Australian film features the timid Dylan Weber, who, after an unexpected introduction to the world of competitive paper-plane throwing, learns that fighting for what matters in life is what's truly important. - This is a free event but bookings are essential. - Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. - No food or drink is permitted in the Theatre2020-02-27T04:52:23ZFilm Screening - Paper PlanesTuesday 21-Apr-2020 1:00 PMCanberrahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/b1nbj/treasures_talk_dreaming_in_australia__a_magical_mystery_tour_of_the_collections.aspxFrom the original inhabitants and owners of the country to the present, Treasures Curator Nat Williams reveals some of the key themes found in Australian dreams over centuries, as depicted through images. The Treasures Curator is supported by Catalyst- Australian Arts and Culture Fund . A Treasures Gallery Access Program, supported by National Library Patrons.2020-02-27T04:18:05ZTreasures Talk: Dreaming in Australia - A magical mystery tour of the collectionsWednesday 06-May-2020 12:30 PMCanberrahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/51kx4/national_simultaneous_storytime__whitney_and_britney_chicken_divas.aspxEvery year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously around the country, with the aim of promoting the value of reading and literacy. Join thousands of other story lovers across Australia to hear the exciting tale of Whitney and Britney: Chicken Divas , written and illustrated by Lucinda Gifford. - This is a free event but bookings are essential. - Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.2020-02-27T05:00:24ZNational Simultaneous Storytime - Whitney and Britney: Chicken DivasWednesday 27-May-2020 11:00 AMCanberrahttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/akzf8/family_history_for_beginners.aspxDiscover the library's enchanting performing arts collections and learn how to best search and access these collections.2019-12-19T05:22:06ZFamily History for BeginnersWednesday 27-May-2020 1:00 PMParkes