Book lovers are in for a treat when State Library Victoria reopens Australia’s largest exhibition dedicated to books, World of the book, to showcase a refreshed range of rare books on Saturday 16 November.

State Library Victoria today launched a major new exhibition, Velvet, Iron, Ashes, exploring the surprising connections between some of Victoria’s greatest stories, open from 24 October 2019 until 12 July 2020.

State Library Victoria today announced that it will open the doors to its transformed library on 5 December. This will mark the completion of an ambitious $88.1 million redevelopment that will increase public space by 40% and seating by 70%.

Victorians will soon uncover the surprising connections between some of Victoria’s greatest stories when State Library Victoria unveils a ground-breaking new exhibition, Velvet, Iron, Ashes, open from 24 October 2019 until 12 July 2020.

Whisper, a dystopian young adult novel by Queensland-based author, Lynette Noni has today won Gold in the 2019 Inky Awards – Australia's annual awards for new youth literature hosted by State Library Victoria – while The Cruel Prince, a fantasy novel by American author Holly Black, took out the Silver Inky, which is awarded to an international title each year.

State Library Victoria will bring to life the magical creation of books for this year’s White Night Melbourne Reimagined, which will see one of the city’s most iconic spaces transformed over three consecutive nights from 22–24 August.

Australia’s national, state and territory libraries have come together in a world-first collaboration to build a national digital collection, with the new National edeposit service (NED) launching this week.

Veteran broadcaster Jon Faine will give Melburnians a parting gift when he delivers State Library Victoria’s 2019 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on 17 September, just weeks before signing off from ABC’s airwaves after 23 years.

The shortlist for the 2019 Inky Awards, Australia’s only national teen choice awards for young adult literature, was today announced.

From today, poets, rappers and spoken word artists will compete in heats across Victoria as the search for the state’s poetry slam champion begins.