Dave Witty and more: Reading Nature – Walk & Talk
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...
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Brimbank Libraries 704B Old Calder Highway, Keilor, VIC
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Book Launch: Fed Up – A Chef’s Adventures in Food, Farming & Feminism
Such and Such 220 London Cct, Canberra, ACTJoin Lucy Ridge for an afternoon of conversation and conviviality to celebrate the launch of her debut book Fed Up. Lucy will be in conversation with local journalist and CEO...
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John Cain Lunch: Corporate Social Responsibility in an Age of Existential Threats, with Bryan Horrigan
Graduate House 220 Leicester St, Carlton, VICIn an age of existential threats for Australia and the world, what does society need from companies and how should companies respond? Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a leading role...
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Diana Thorp at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Manly Life Saving Club Ashburner St &, S Steyne, Manly, NSWWhen 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...
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Nadia Wheatley at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Sky Theatre 56 Raglan Street, Manly, NSWIn 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...
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Lachlan Strahan at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Manly Youth Centre Kangaroo Street, Manly, NSWWhat 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...
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Defiantly Queer: Panel with Dennis Altman and Jill Bree. Chaired by Paula Gerber.
Tin Shed 67 Fraser Street, Clunes, VICThroughout history, queer people have struggled for equal rights and recognition. Trans rights are currently under siege globally, with gay and lesbian rights in peril throughout history. Human rights lawyer...
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No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story with Tonia Eckfeld and Seumas Spark
Lamm Jewish Library of Australia 304 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South, VICNo One Knows Their Destiny by Tonia Eckfeld, tells the story of the ‘Dunera boy’ brothers Reinhold and Waldemar Eckfeld from Kristallnacht in Vienna to V-E Day in Melbourne. Newly...
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Launch: The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan (Avid Reader, Brisbane)
Avid Reader 193 Boundary Street, West End, Queensland, AustraliaJoin us for the Brisbane launch of The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan. Lachlan will be joined in conversation by Peter Varghese AO, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade....
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Sorrento Writers’ Festival: World Book Day: Why Books, Bookshops, Libraries and Writers Festivals Matter
Halcyon Hall, The Continental 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento, VICJohn Boyne, Barry Jones and Sally Rippin with Inala Cooper Our Festival kicks off with an acknowledgement of World Book Day and a discussion about the role of books in our lives, and importance of book-connected activities, discussions and...
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Sorrento Writers’ Festival: In Conversation: John Lyons (via Zoom)
Halcyon Hall, The Continental 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento, VICThis session is via video link with John Lyons joining us from Washington DC.
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Sorrento Writers’ Festival: In Conversation: Nadia Wheatley
The Ballroom, The Continental 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento, VICNadia Wheatley with Jane Sullivan Award-wining author Nadia Wheatley’s career spans 40 years and includes some fine biographies and non-fiction works, including books include The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift (2001), Her...
