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Gareth Evans in conversation with the ABC’s Paul Barclay (Readings online)

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

Gareth Evans latest essay, Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency explores the notion of why should we in Australia, or any country, care about poverty, human rights atrocities, health epidemics, environmental...

Free – $5

Jo Dyer in conversation with Paul Barclay (Readings Emporium)

Readings Emporium Shop 1, level 1, 287 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

The Morrison government’s moral decline happened first slowly and then all at once. We suffered through ‘Sports rorts’ and ‘Watergate’ and an MIA PM, before the dissembling response to allegations...

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Carrillo Gantner in conversation (Readings online)

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

Please note: this event is being held online. Join us to hear Carrillo Gantner in conversation with Linda Jaivin, author of The Shortest History of China. Gantner’s Dismal Diplomacy, Disposable Sovereignty: Our...

Free – $5

Inala Cooper in conversation with Jonathan Green (Readings)

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

Join us at Readings Carlton to hear Inala Cooper in conversation with Jonathan Green. In Marrul, Cooper explores the personal impact that events in Australia’s colonial history have had on herself,...

The Big Teal – Simon Holmes à Court in conversation (SOLD OUT)

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

SOLD OUT Join us to hear Simon Holmes à Court in conversation with Monique Ryan; facilitated by Gay Alcorn. Published as part of the In the National Interest series, The...

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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,...

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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...

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‘Verge 2023: Defiant’ book launch

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

Join Australian Book Review Editor Peter Rose to celebrate the launch of the journal Verge 2023 titled Defiant. Defiant is edited by Samuel Bernard, Thomas Rock and Vera Yingzhi Gu. Crackling with energy...

Book Event: Australia on the Brink by Ian Lowe

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

Join us as Ian Lowe details his new book, Australia on the Brink. In Australia on the Brink, Ian Lowe argues that the essential first steps in addressing the threats to our...

Book Event: Time to Listen (Readings Hawthorn, Melbourne)

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

Join Jamil Tye, Director of the William Cooper Institute in conversation with Melissa Castan and Lynette Russell, the authors of Time to Listen: An Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In 2023,...

Book Launch: My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

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

Join us to celebrate the launch of My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo. My Father’s Shadow is a portrait of life on the Left during a time of great...

Book Launch: Full Coverage (Readings, Carlton)

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

Monash University Publishing and Readings Bookshop are delighted to invite you to the launch of Full Coverage A History of Rock Journalism in Australia Join us for a conversation with...

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