2018 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up
Watch the rousing spoken-word performances that won first and second place in the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian state finals!
21 Sep 2018 Duration: 04:23
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2017 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up
Watch the impassioned spoken-word performances that won first and second place in the 2017 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian state finals!
22 Sep 2017 Duration: 04:34
2016 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up
Watch the winning poems by Arielle Cottingham and William Beale, contestants in the 2016 Australian Poetry Slam state finals.
23 Dec 2016 Duration: 03:50
Creative Conversations: Crossing enemy lines
Explore the lives of three German-Australians before, after and during WWII in this video featuring Berry Family fellow Minna Muhlen-Schulte.
24 Sep 2015 Duration: 34:20
2015 Australian Poetry Slam state final
See spoken word poets Abe Nouk and Ed Carlyon in action at the 2015 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian final.
11 Sep 2015 Duration: 04:03
White Night Melbourne 2015 under the dome
See how the Library's dome was transformed into an illuminated 360-degree artwork for White Night 2015.
21 Feb 2015 Duration: 01:21
White Night Melbourne 2015 at the Library
Spot Alice and the Mad Hatter gracing the Library's facade during our White Night Melbourne 2015 illuminations.
21 Feb 2015 Duration: 01:05
Antoine + Manuel on White Night 2015
French graphic design artists Antoine + Manuel introduce their White Night 2015 projection Eat me, featuring music by Sui Zhen.
21 Feb 2015 Duration: 09:11
Brendan Reed Dennis: Poetry Slam 2014 Victorian winner
Watch contestant Brendan Reed Dennis perform his winning poem, 'Peter Piper', in the Victorian final of the 2014 Poetry Slam.
19 Sep 2014 Duration: 2:14