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August 20: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event at 6pm, Rebecca Huntley will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on her new book How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference. This is a virtual live event: anu.edu.au/events. August 27: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event at 6pm, Hugh Mackay will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on Mackay’s two new books – The Inner Self, on identity, and The Question of Love, a novel. This is a virtual live event: anu.edu.au/events. September 2: In an ANU/Canberra Times virtual meet the author event at 6pm, Marian Wilkinson will be in conversation with Frank Jotzo on Wilkinson’s new book The Carbon Club, about how influential climate sceptics, politicians and business leaders fought to control Australia’s climate policy. anu.edu.au/events. September 10: In an ANU/Canberra Times virtual meet the author event at 6pm, Chris Wallace will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on Wallace’s new book How To Win An Election. anu.edu.au/events. Canberra Times dance writer Michelle Potter’s latest book, Kristian Fredrikson: Designer (Melbourne Books) is about a man who worked across theatrical genres. It is currently available in Canberra at Harry Hartog, Paperchain, Dymocks and various online outlets, including Melbourne Books and Booktopia. August 29: Professor Ron McCallum AO has an impressive list of achievements, including being the first blind person appointed Dean of an Australian law school, and Senior Australian of the year 2011. He will be speaking in person about his autobiographical book Born at the Right Time in a lunch from 12.30 to 3pm at Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie. $52 for two-course lunch. Bookings with payment by Friday, August 21. Phone Radio 1RPH on 6241 4076 weekdays from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Geoff Page writes that after the closure of Beyond Q, he’s accepted an offer from That Poetry Thing at Smith’s to join their program for the rest of the year. Future readings: September 7, October 6, November 9 and December 7. Physical admission: $10 waged, $5 unwaged (20 people only, paid online in advance via Smith’s Alternative Calendar). 7pm at Smiths Alternative Bookshop, 76 Alinga Street, Civic (Melbourne Building). Zoom readings will also start at 7pm and will finish by 9pm at the latest. Log-on information will be sent shortly beforehand. No open mic. Technical inquiries: SmithsPoetryThing@gmail.com Australian Book Review is calling for entries in the 17th Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry. First prize is $6000 and four other shortlisted poets will receive $1000 each. Entry is open to all poets writing in English, until midnight on October 1, 2020. Entries must be an original single-authored poem of not more than 70 lines written in English. The five shortlisted poems will be published in the January-February 2021 issue and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in January. australianbookreview.com.au. August 30: In ‘Reading on the Margins’ book club, podcasters Yen Eriksen and Zoya Patel discuss Alexis Wright’s Tracker, a collective memoir about Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth. September 5: Milena Cifali’s Mallacoota Time tells of losing her home in the NYE 2019 bushfires and the road to recovery. 4.30pm; free event, bookings essential. September 6: Chris Wallace’s How to Win an Election is an autopsy of the 2019 election, as well as an explainer of how to win an election. In conversation with Tom McIlroy. September 13: Life, Online: Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, and Ginger Gorman (Troll Hunting), discuss trolling, cyber security and the dark depths of the web. Events are mostly 3-4pm and entry is $10 – or more for the book + entry option – unless otherwise indicated. Full details and bookings at musecanberra.com.au. August 19: The Labyrinth: A Conversation with Amanda Lohrey and Karen Viggers will be live streamed via Zoom at 6.30pm. More information and tickets : harryhartog.com.au/events. August 26: Stalin’s Wine Cellar: A Conversation with John Baker & Nick Place will be live streamed via Zoom at 6.30pm. More information and tickets : harryhartog.com.au/events.
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Author Hugh Mackay. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
August 20: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event at 6pm, Rebecca Huntley will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on her new book How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference. This is a virtual live event: anu.edu.au/events.
August 27: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event at 6pm, Hugh Mackay will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on Mackay’s two new books – The Inner Self, on identity,and The Question of Love, a novel. This is a virtual live event: anu.edu.au/events.
September 2: In an ANU/Canberra Times virtual meet the author event at 6pm, Marian Wilkinson will be in conversation with Frank Jotzo on Wilkinson’s new book The Carbon Club, about how influential climate sceptics, politicians and business leaders fought to control Australia’s climate policy. anu.edu.au/events.
September 10: In an ANU/Canberra Times virtual meet the author event at 6pm, Chris Wallace will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on Wallace’s new book How To Win An Election. anu.edu.au/events.
Canberra Times dance writer Michelle Potter’s latest book, Kristian Fredrikson: Designer (Melbourne Books) is about a man who worked across theatrical genres. It is currently available in Canberra at Harry Hartog, Paperchain, Dymocks and various online outlets, including Melbourne Books and Booktopia.
August 29: Professor Ron McCallum AO has an impressive list of achievements, including being the first blind person appointed Dean of an Australian law school, and Senior Australian of the year 2011. He will be speaking in person about his autobiographical book Born at the Right Time in a lunch from 12.30 to 3pm at Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie. $52 for two-course lunch. Bookings with payment by Friday, August 21. Phone Radio 1RPH on 6241 4076 weekdays from 9.30am to 3.30pm.
Geoff Page writes that after the closure of Beyond Q, he’s accepted an offer from That Poetry Thing at Smith’s to join their program for the rest of the year. Future readings: September 7, October 6, November 9 and December 7. Physical admission: $10 waged, $5 unwaged (20 people only, paid online in advance via Smith’s Alternative Calendar). 7pm at Smiths Alternative Bookshop, 76 Alinga Street, Civic (Melbourne Building). Zoom readings will also start at 7pm and will finish by 9pm at the latest. Log-on information will be sent shortly beforehand. No open mic. Technical inquiries: SmithsPoetryThing@gmail.com
Australian Book Review is calling for entries in the 17th Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry. First prize is $6000 and four other shortlisted poets will receive $1000 each. Entry is open to all poets writing in English, until midnight on October 1, 2020. Entries must be an original single-authored poem of not more than 70 lines written in English. The five shortlisted poems will be published in the January-February 2021 issue and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in January. australianbookreview.com.au.
August 30: In ‘Reading on the Margins’ book club, podcasters Yen Eriksen and Zoya Patel discuss Alexis Wright’s Tracker, a collective memoir about Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth.
September 5: Milena Cifali’s Mallacoota Time tells of losing her home in the NYE 2019 bushfires and the road to recovery. 4.30pm; free event, bookings essential.
September 6: Chris Wallace’s How to Win an Election is an autopsy of the 2019 election, as well as an explainer of how to win an election. In conversation with Tom McIlroy.
September 13: Life, Online: Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, and Ginger Gorman (Troll Hunting), discuss trolling, cyber security and the dark depths of the web.
Events are mostly 3-4pm and entry is $10 – or more for the book + entry option – unless otherwise indicated. Full details and bookings at musecanberra.com.au.
August 19:The Labyrinth: A Conversation with Amanda Lohrey and Karen Viggers will be live streamed via Zoom at 6.30pm. More information and tickets : harryhartog.com.au/events.
August 26: Stalin’s Wine Cellar: A Conversation with John Baker & Nick Place will be live streamed via Zoom at 6.30pm. More information and tickets : harryhartog.com.au/events.
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