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Portrait of Sir Salman Rushdie with his hand to his chin, wearing glasses, an aubergine vest and grey shirt.

An Evening with Sir Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie returns to Melbourne to discuss the transformative power of literature.

An elegant line drawing of Jackie Kennedy Onassis in a 1950s style jacket and hat, a building behind her.

Talks Club: Jackie Kennedy Onassis – Her Life & Her Jewels

The life, style, jewels and legacy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis is explored in two talks.

Portrait of The Next Big Thing host, Pranati Narayan Visweswaran.

The Next Big Thing: Love, Lies and Liminal Lives

Discover the voices poised to make their mark at the midwinter edition of The Next Big Thing.

Regency textile design with pineapple and bugs.

How Europe Fell for the Natural World with Dr Belinda Scerri

A talk on the transformation of nature in European art and interior decoration.

An audience seated in a lecture theatre for a panel discussion; five panellists on stage in front of a black stage curtain.

Ambition and the Aftermath

Join a panel of experts for this riveting conversation about ambition in Shakespeare’s plays.

Regency portrait of a man wearing a cravat, in pencil and watercolour.

Melbourne’s Georgian Gentlemen with Dr Liz Rushen AM

A lecture on landholders in early Melbourne.

A hand-drawn sketch of a teapot with a blue and white design and gold touches, with a handwritten note alongside it.

Winter Sketching with Alissa Duke

Learn to sketch on location in the historic exhibition house of Fairhall.

Author Jessica Irwin, smiling with shoulder-length brown hair.

HCV Book+Author: Contaminated Country

Jessica Urwin explores environmental concerns and her wider work as a historian.

A beautiful woman modelling a luxurious pale blue silk Dior gown and shawl, in an opulent Paris apartment.

The House of Dior: Eighteenth-century References

Join Paola Di Trocchio for a double lecture and afternoon tea about the House of Dior.

Presenter Paola Di Trocchio, with long dark hair, large hoop earrings and cerise patterned top.

History of Alexander McQueen with Dr Paola Di Trocchio

A lecture on historical clothing references in Alexander McQueen's couture.

Social scene of four people gathered around a bar talking and interacting; there is large yellow circle superimposed over the orange coloured image.

Q-Lit Festival: Researching Our Culture

A talk on queer life through the lens of academics.

A 16th century oil painting of aristocratic men riding horses with the Palace of Versailles in the background.

Feasts and Fantasy at the Table of Louis XIV

Join Dr Samantha Happé for a lecture on feasts and fantasy at the table of Louis XIV.

The book cover of the book, The Especially Awesome Odyssey, with a cartoon pig in a gladiator costume pointing her sword overlaid on the image.

The Epically Awesome Odyssey with R. A. Spratt

Join author R. A. Spratt for an afternoon of myths, jokes and mayhem as she reads from her new book.

View of Melbourne from across the Yarra River

Plain English Speaking Award: Victorian State Final

A line-up of enthusiastic student speechmakers take to the stage to share their words and wisdom.

A brightly lit stage with a curtain as a backdrop, with three people in a panel discussion seated facing an audience; there is large yellow circle superimposed over the orange coloured image.

Q-Lit Festival: Panel Queer Media

Explore how queer media uplifts, warns, and unites the queer community

Portrait of Ed Coper, leading political communications expert.

Ed Coper: Angertainment

Join Ed Coper as he explains how angertainment has co-opted social media and taken over our lives.

NFL legend Joe Montana, wearing dark suit and smiling.

Joe Montana: Lunch with a Legend

Hear firsthand stories from one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

Royal portrait of King George IV wearing a heavily embellished scarlet cloak and animal pelt neckdress, his crown resting on the table beside him.

George IV’s Sèvres Porcelain Collection

Join Sylvia Sagona for her lecture on George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection.

An oil painting from the mid-1600s depicting several cats scrambling amidst a lavish still life of food items.

Taste & Temptation: Walk & Talk with Dr Matthew Martin

Join Matthew Martin as he shares insights about his curatorial process of Taste & Temptation.

Presenter John Patrick, smiling in a garden setting, wearing a blue shirt and dark jacket.

Scandinavian Ceramics with John Patrick

Enjoy an afternoon tea and lecture on 20th-century ceramics.