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Maggie Kirkman

Dr Maggie Kirkman is a psychologist and a Senior Research Fellow in Global and Women’s Health at Monash University. She taught kindergarten children, children with hearing impairments and children with profound disabilities before attending university in her thirties – after which she lectured at her old teachers’ college and tutored at the University of Melbourne. She gained a PhD at fifty and worked at La Trobe and Melbourne universities before moving to Monash in 2011. Her research includes women’s experiences of infertility, abortion, donor-assisted conception, breast cancer and ageing. Maggie is the author of My Sister’s Child (with Linda Kirkman, Penguin) and the editor of Sperm Wars (with Heather Grace Jones, ABC Books).  She has been featured in the Australian media, including on ABC Radio and in The Conversation.  In 2019, Maggie was recognised as an inaugural Champion for Women by Women’s Health Victoria.

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  • Fed Up launch

    Lucy Ridge in conversation with Dani Valent

    Readings Emporium Shop 1, level 1, 287 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

    We are delighted to invite you to hear Dani Valent talking with Lucy Ridge about her book, Fed Up. Disillusioned chef and sustainable food advocate Lucy Ridge is sick of the...

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    Richard King | Brave New Wild: Can Nature Survive Us?

    35 High St 35 High St, Maryborough, VIC

    As humanity reshapes the planet at unprecedented speed, what becomes of the wild? Author Richard King explores rewilding, genetic intervention, conservation politics and the uneasy ethics of “fixing” nature. Moderated...

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    Book launch: Peaking by Saskia Beudel (Readings, Carlton)

    Readings Carlton Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC, Australia

    We are delighted to invite you to hear a conversation between Bridie O'Donnel and Saskia Beudel about Peaking. The three peaks are Tawonga Gap, Mt Hotham and Falls Creek in...

  • The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan

    Author talk: The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan (Beechworth, VIC)

    Beechworth Library 101 Ford St, Beechworth, VIC, Australia

    Join Lachlan Strahan chatting about his latest book The Curious Diplomat. A memoir from the frontlines of Diplomacy at Beechworth Library. Join us at Beechworth Library for an intriguing conversation...

  • Witty event

    Willy Lit Fest: Journeys in Nature: Dave Witty & Darryl Jones

    Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

    Acclaimed urban ecologist Darryl Jones joins nature writer David Witty to explore the complex, and sometimes surprising, interactions between humans, the built environment and other species. Proudly supported by The...

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