State Library Victoria was last night announced the Gold winner in Cultural Tourism at the 2018 RACV Victorian Tourism Awards for the second consecutive year.

Photographs of Melbourne’s mid-century architecture will be on display for the first time in a free exhibition opening on 1 December 2018 at State Library Victoria.

The groundbreaking mid-century designs of Melbourne-born artist Clement Meadmore will be explored in a series of events featuring State Library Creative Fellows Jeromie Maver and Dean Keep, curators of The Ian Potter Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition, Clement Meadmore: the art of mid-century design.

Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature and Miles Franklin and Stella Prize-winning writer Alexis Wright will speak about censorship and the future of storytelling at this year’s annual Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture at State Library Victoria on Monday 3 December.

Larger-than-life unicorns, futuristic creatures and vibrant flowers bring to life State Library Victoria’s facade with the unveiling of an artwork spanning 27 metres by RMIT student Caro Pattle.

State Library Victoria advises that due to temporarily elevated construction noise the La Trobe Reading Room will be closed from Wednesday 17 October, and is expected to reopen before Christmas.

State Library Victoria’s free World of the Book exhibition reopens today with more than 300 new items on display including some never-before-exhibited material.

The Centre for Youth Literature at State Library Victoria today announced the winners of the 2018 Inky Awards, Australia’s national teen choice prize for young adult literature.

Melbourne-based poet, wāni Le Frére, was crowned Victorian slam poetry champion at the Australian Poetry Slam state final held at State Library Victoria on Friday 21 September.

A large-scale public artwork by Melbourne artist Tai Snaith was today unveiled inside the first of the new spaces officially opened as part of State Library Victoria’s $88.1 million redevelopment project.