A reminder to members that the library will be participating in Open House Melbourne from Friday 25th July to Sunday 27th July.
We are expecting an influx of visitors on those days, particularly the weekend, so the library is likely to be busier than usual.
Join us for an evening of criminally good readings and author talks, on Thursday 28th August.
Meet the sisters in crime who penned the winning entries in the Body in the Library category of the 2024 Scarlet Stiletto Awards, which the Melbourne Athenaeum Library has sponsored since 2012.
Join us for an evening of criminally good readings and author talks, on Thursday 28th August.
Runner-up Dr Katrina Watson’s debut novel, The Bones, was described as “Helen Garner meets Jed Mercurio” by Booker short-list author MJ Hyland.
Winner Naomi Manuell is a Melbourne writer whose work has appeared in Meanjin. She contributes to Newtown Review of Books and writes on Substack.
The conversation will be moderated by writer Louise Bassett. Louise won the Ned Kelly Award for short crime fiction and her short stories have been published internationally.
The event will be held on Thursday 28 August with doors opening at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start. This event is free for both members and non-members but bookings are essential and can be made through Trybooking using this link.
