Richard King is an author, critic and poet based in Fremantle. Raised in the United Kingdom, he gained an MA in Literary History and Cultural Discourse and worked in publishing before moving to Australia. His work appears widely, including in The Australian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Independent, The Monthly, Griffith Review, The Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin, Overland, New Matilda, Australian Book Review and 3 Quarks Daily (for whom he wrote a regular column between 2016 and 2018), The Best Australian Poems and The Best Australian Science Writing. His first book, On Offence: The Politics of Indignation, was published in Australia, the United Kingdom and Australia. King writes regularly for Arena, focusing on the relationship between culture and technology. His website is bloodycrossroads.com.
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Here Be Monsters
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Here Be Monsters
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Events
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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 Launch: Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond
Melbourne Holocaust Museum
13 – 15 Selwyn St, Elsternwick, Victoria
Please join Freda Hodge and acclaimed scholar Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop for the book launch of Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond, at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). ...
$10
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...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall
Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
Book Launch: My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo
The Taproom Dja Dja Wurrung Country, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine, VICJoin 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 Launch: Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond
Melbourne Holocaust Museum 13 – 15 Selwyn St, Elsternwick, VictoriaPlease join Freda Hodge and acclaimed scholar Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop for the book launch of Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond, at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). ...
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACTIsabelle 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...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne, VICJoin us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
