Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo is the author of the novel The Book of Rachel (Allen & Unwin), which was also translated into German. Several of her short stories and poems have been published in literary magazines, including Griffith Review and Westerly. In 1982 Sandra established Dead Set, the first desktop publishing company to work specifically with book and journal publishers. Concurrently, and for the past forty years, she has worked as a non-fiction editor and proofreader for leading academic and trade publishers. Born and raised in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, she now lives, gardens and writes in Castlemaine, a goldfields town in central Victoria.
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Eat Drink Think: Lucy Ridge at SEQ Food Summit 2026
Food Connect Shed
Corner of Commerce St &, 8 Textile Cres, Salisbury, QLD, Australia
Grab a drink and gather fuel for your next dinner party conversation (and menu) - we're bringing together 5 insiders with unique stories on culture, celebration and what makes our...
$20
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Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)
Ashfield Library - Civic Centre
Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSW
Saskia Beudel was in her late fifties when she decided to take on a serious alpine cycling challenge. Peaking is her account of those 111 days. The training, the history...
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Climate & Cartography: Tim Flannery & Sarah Hamylton with Claire O’Rourke
Thirroul District Community Centre
352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul, NSW
Tim Flannery’s A Brief History of Climate Folly looks at the history of the ways humans have been trying—or claiming—to influence the weather for millennia and asks if we can...
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Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival: Lachlan Strahan in Conversation
Empire Cinemas
327 Bong Bong St, Bowral, NSW
Lachlan Strahan is a former diplomat and historian. In his latest book, The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan explores the Australian way of diplomacy and what Australia can do today to forge...
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An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)
Books@Stones
360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLD
Join us at Books@Stones on Monday 3 August, 6:30pm for an in-conversation event with Lelia Green and Susan Danby discussing The Digital Child. Adults spend an average of 44 hours...
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Eat Drink Think: Lucy Ridge at SEQ Food Summit 2026
Food Connect Shed Corner of Commerce St &, 8 Textile Cres, Salisbury, QLD, AustraliaGrab a drink and gather fuel for your next dinner party conversation (and menu) - we're bringing together 5 insiders with unique stories on culture, celebration and what makes our...
$20 -
Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)
Ashfield Library - Civic Centre Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSWSaskia Beudel was in her late fifties when she decided to take on a serious alpine cycling challenge. Peaking is her account of those 111 days. The training, the history...
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Climate & Cartography: Tim Flannery & Sarah Hamylton with Claire O’Rourke
Thirroul District Community Centre 352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul, NSWTim Flannery’s A Brief History of Climate Folly looks at the history of the ways humans have been trying—or claiming—to influence the weather for millennia and asks if we can...
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Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival: Lachlan Strahan in Conversation
Empire Cinemas 327 Bong Bong St, Bowral, NSWLachlan Strahan is a former diplomat and historian. In his latest book, The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan explores the Australian way of diplomacy and what Australia can do today to forge...
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An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)
Books@Stones 360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLDJoin us at Books@Stones on Monday 3 August, 6:30pm for an in-conversation event with Lelia Green and Susan Danby discussing The Digital Child. Adults spend an average of 44 hours...
