Libraries

The State Library of Victoria was the first major cultural institution to be established in Melbourne. Since its founding in 1854, it has acquired a large collection of books, manuscripts and other literary and historical material, with a strong focus on items from Melbourne and Victoria. It is the city’s major literary repository and a highly active centre for participation by the public in reading, research and cultural engagement.

The Melbourne Athenaeum Library has been operating since 1839, making it Victoria's oldest subscription library. Open to library members and the general public, it has a reputation for being a charming sanctuary from the hubbub of busy Collins Street outside.

Melbourne has a thriving public library network. The three that service the inner suburbs of the city are the City of Melbourne (branches in Melbourne CBD, Carlton, Docklands, East Melbourne, North Melbourne and Southbank), the City of Port Phillip (branches in Albert Park, Emerald Hill, Middle Park, Port Melbourne and St Kilda) and the City of Yarra (branches in Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North and Richmond). Further out, Craigieburn library in Hume, Victoria was named public library of the year in 2014 following a cross-continent competition by the Danish Agency for Culture. At these, and others, you will find features such as free Wi-Fi, story times, talks, launches and other events.

Melbourne is also the centre of the Little Free Library movement in Australia. These tiny dollhouse-style libraries are popping up in front yards across the city as people build miniature libraries using recycled materials to offer books free to the public. A geocaching list has even been set up to help locate them. We can help too - there’s a Little Library in the CBD at Melbourne Central!

Guy Gilbert SC - Refugee Rights and the Law

22 August 2021
GRLCEvents
Guy Gilbert SC

Renowned Melbourne barrister, Guy Gilbert, in association with Surf Coast...

Queer Book Club

23 August 2021
City of Melbourne Libraries
We read and talk about queer books – broadly defined as those which relate...

The Wrens And The Wireless War - Webinar

24 August 2021
Eastern Regional Libraries
Peter Hore

Peter Hore, author of Bletchley Parks Secret Sources : Churchill's Wrens

Judith Hoare - The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code

25 August 2021
GRLCEvents
Judith Hoare

The true story of the little-known mental-health pioneer who revolutionised...

Crime Book Club

25 August 2021
City of Melbourne Libraries

​2pm to 3pm

The Man Behind The Music: Stuart Coupe Remembers Michael Gudinski

26 August 2021
Whitehorse Manningham Libraries
Stuart Coupe

When music writer/broadcaster, Stuart Coupe, wrote his 2015 biography...
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