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Heather Neilson

Heather Neilson holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Oxford for a dissertation on the subject of the uses of history in Gore Vidal’s fiction. She is a co-editor of the Australasian Journal of American Studies, and a past president of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. She has previously taught at the Universities of Melbourne, Sydney and Western Australia. Dr Neilson is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of New South Wales, Canberra campus.

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Book Launch: My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

The Taproom Dja Dja Wurrung Country, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine, VIC

Join us for a Books at the Brewery conversation with Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo and Robyn Annear My Father’s Shadow is a portrait of life on the Left during a time...

Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)

Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

Isabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...