Young Victorians keen to read and learn will be the main beneficiaries of the most recent $2 million donation to State Library Victoria. Announced today by the Minister for Youth, Gabrielle Williams, the gift from John and Pauline Gandel, through Gandel Philanthropy, will deliver free dedicated literacy programs created for kids, by kids. 

State Library Victoria today awarded the 2018 Dromkeen Medal to iconic Australian author John Marsden.

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.