Hear extraordinary stories of war in this moving exhibition about the Australian experience of WWI.

Cost: Free

Play Pod is the Library's program for children aged under eight years, packed with activities to read, create and play from 10am to 4pm daily.

Cost: Free

Experience Gracia & Louise's special artist book unfold 'in the round' in the heritage dais in the domed La Trobe Reading Room.

Cost: Free

Visit a remarkable free exhibition that tells the stories of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria.

Cost: Free

Explore a world of ideas and imagination in this one-of-a-kind exhibition showcasing the history of book design, production and illustration from the Middle Ages to today.

Cost: Free

Visit the La Trobe Reading Room and see highlights of the 'Changing face of Victoria' exhibition in this free guided tour, held daily at 2pm except public holidays.

Cost: Free

Visit the magnificent domed La Trobe Reading Room and see highlights of the 'World of the book' exhibition on this free tour, held daily from 11.30am to 12.30pm, except public holidays.

Cost: Free

Join us under the Dome at dusk for a series of specialist collection talks.

Cost: Free

Discover the evolution of do-it-yourself publishing in this free exhibition of fanzines, punk zines, underground press publications and artist books designed to buck the commercial gallery system.

Cost: Free

Celebrate our ongoing love affair with the book in a series of special events.

Cost: Free

Celebrate humankind’s ongoing love affair with the book in this World Book Day talk on the revolutionary invention of the codex by the Romans in the 1st century CE .

Cost: Free

Explore the stories of key scientific works by Euclid, Nicolaus Copernicus, Leonardo da Vinci and René Descartes, in this World Book Day talk on books that altered the course of history.

Cost: Free

Discover the story of cheap books, from the 19th-century launch of mass education to today’s bargain bins.

Cost: Free

Discover the story of Tango, a romance comic-book anthology published in Melbourne between 1997 and 2009 by Bernard Caleo of Cardigan Comics.

Cost: Free

Sneak a peek behind the scenes at the iconic State Library and roam the building from top to bottom in this tour.

Cost: Free

In this World Book Day talk, learn about Rose de Freycinet's defiance of French maritime law to accompany her husband Louis on his circumnavigation of the globe between 1817 and 1820.

Cost: Free

See award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas in The Garret LIVE at SLV. This live podcast recording is a conversation with The Garret host Nic Brasch.

Cost: Free

Share this fun session of stories, songs and rhymes with children aged two and under, held three times a week.

Cost: Free

Commemorate the centenary of this famous battle of World War I with Creative Fellow Dr Ross McMullin.

Cost: Free

Have fun every Wednesday and Thursday with stories, songs, rhymes and creative activities for children aged three to five, their parents and carers.

Cost: Free

Learn everything you need to know about searching and downloading ebooks to a PC or your own device.

Cost: Free

Discover the story of Victoria’s infamous bushranger Ned Kelly in this free guided tour running every Wednesday and Saturday, except public holidays.

Cost: Free

Find out how these ill-fated explorers attempted to find sustenance in the native nardoo fern but perhaps ended up hastening their own demise.

Cost: Free

Experience comic books in all their audio-visual glory, as local comic book makers perform live readings of their work.

Cost: Free

Learn how to find our newspapers in hard copy, online and microfilm, and to search for individual articles.

Cost: Free

See Ruth Pullin, streamed live from the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Eugene von Guérard: Artist–traveller exhibition, in conversation with Pictures Librarian Gerard Hayes.

Cost: Free

Learn to access ebooks, newspapers and journal articles from the comfort of home.

Cost: Free

An ongoing discussion series in which experts and thinkers tackle some of the most important problems facing Australia.

Cost: Free

Learn the principles of family history, access research resources and tour the Family History collection in this introductory workshop.

Cost: Free

Improve your online research skills in this one-hour workshop.

Cost: Free

Unearth the ruined Syrian metropolis of Palmyra, once one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world.

Cost: Free

Join author and Bachelor of Arts alumnus Christos Tsiolkas in conversation with Professor Denise Varney, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, as part of the Writers on Writers series.

Cost: Free

Meet Detective John Mitchell Christie, one of 19th-century Melbourne’s finest detectives, famous for his creative disguises and his knack for busting crime.

Cost: Free

Meet and learn from some of Australia's most exciting and inspiring storytellers in a free school holiday workshop for 12- to 15-year-olds.

Cost: Free (eligibility criteria apply)

Enjoy the Library's free permanent exhibition of oil paintings and portrait sculptures.

Cost: Free