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Disconnect: Politics in the Pub (Canberra)

Verity Lane Market 50 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Join author Jordan Guiao for the launch of his new book Disconnect – a lively, topical look at the rise of internet extremism and what we can do about it. Many...

Free

Book launch – Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre 214-218 Nicholson St, Footscray, VIC, Australia

Join us for the launch of Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok, edited by Jacquie Houlden and Seumas Spark. To be launched by Dennis Altman. 6 for 6:30pm start....

Free

Disconnect: Jordan Guiao in conversation with Ariel Bogle (Sydney)

Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

Many of us know an anti-vaxxer or a selfie-obsessed narcissist who clutters our social feeds; an online conspiracy theorist or a child whose face is buried in a smartphone. Some...

Free – $12

Shadowline Book Launch & Signing (Jewish Museum of Australia)

Jewish Museum of Australia 26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, VIC

Join JMA for the launch of Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok, an immersive dive into the experience of the Jewish detainee and the remarkable journey of his displacement...

$20 – $22

Justice in Kelly Country: book launch (Canberra, invitation only)

National Library of Australia

Frank Bongiorno will be in conversation with Lachlan Strahan, the author of Justice in Kelly Country: The Story of the Cop Who Hunted Australia's Most Notorious Bushrangers. In association with the...

Turning Points: Book launch (Melbourne, invitation only)

The East Melbourne Library

Brenda Niall will launch Turning Points: 25 Remarkable Australians and the Moments that Changed Their Lives, edited by Mary Ryllis Clark, to be followed by a panel discussion featuring Margaret Leggatt...

Taking to the Field: book launch (Melbourne)

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

If asked to name an Australian woman scientist from the past, very few could. Let’s change that. Histories of Australian science largely overlook women. Their absence gives the impression that,...

Free

Monash University Publishing authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week

Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden Adelaide, SA, Australia

The 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Festival has announced its full line-up. Speakers include Inala Cooper, Simon Holmes à Court, Michael Bradley, Gareth Evans, Chip Le Grand and Richard Denniss.

Time of Our Lives: book launch (Melbourne)

Readings Hawthorn Woi Wurrung Country, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

Join Maggie Kirkman to celebrate the release of Time of Our Lives: Celebrating Older Women. ‘A must-read for all those women who refuse to go gentle into that good night’ Maxine McKew...

Free

Marrul – Let’s Eat: Women Writing Australia (Adelaide)

East End Cellars @ The University of Adelaide Old Alumni House Lawns, Gate 13, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, SA, Australia

International Women’s Day is a moment of reckoning, celebrating hard-won rights for women, and mapping what is still to be done. Australians see themselves as pioneers of gender equality, yet...

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