• Smörgåsbord of Solutions: Nordic Ideas for Australia

    Bull & Mouth Hotel 119 High Street, Maryborough, VIC

    On Wednesday 18 February 2026 Words in Winter will host a special one-night event exploring policy settings in Nordic nations and how they might enhance Australian policy frameworks. Andrew Scott, former Director...

  • Launch: The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan (Crawley, WA)

    Australian Institute of International Affairs for WA The Ashburton Room, Forrest Hall 21 Hackett Drive, Crawley, WA

    The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), with the generous support of the Forrest Research Foundation, is pleased to invite members and guests to the WA launch of The Curious Diplomat:...

  • What do diplomats actually do? Lachlan Strahan with Ben Doherty

    Australian Institute of International Affairs New South Wales Glover Cottages, Kent Street 124-134, Millers Point, NSW

    Join us on Tuesday 3 March to hear Lachlan Strahan and Guardian journalist Ben Doherty introduce Lachlan's recently-launched work The Curious Diplomat, in which he answers a question he's frequently asked:...

  • Dave Witty and more: Reading Nature – Walk & Talk

    Brimbank Libraries 704B Old Calder Highway, Keilor, VIC

    Explore the natural world with authors Darryl Jones, Dave Witty & artists, Callum Morton and Jen Berean. Audience: Adults Do you like looking at squiggly gums and listening to the...

  • Diana Thorp at the Manly Writers’ Festival

    Manly Life Saving Club Ashburner St &, S Steyne, Manly, NSW

    When institutions fail or protect themselves, the consequences are rarely shared equally. In this extended roundtable, Ainslie Harvey, Tracey Holmes, Ee Ling Quah, and Diana Thorp examine how power operates...

  • Nadia Wheatley at the Manly Writers’ Festival

    Sky Theatre 56 Raglan Street, Manly, NSW

    In very different places and circumstances, Clever Men by Martin Thomas and Strange New World by Nadia Wheatley begin at moments of supposed benevolence: a grand scientific expedition to Arnhem...

  • Lachlan Strahan at the Manly Writers’ Festival

    Manly Youth Centre Kangaroo Street, Manly, NSW

    What does diplomacy really look like behind closed doors? The former Foreign Minister and three former diplomats lift the veil on the pressures, responsibilities and moral complexities of representing Australia...