OLGA MASTERS SHORT STORY AWARD 2016
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The 2016 competition is now open and will close on September 1. Entry is open to Australian residents and stories should be 2000-5000 words, about any aspect of Australian rural family life. First prize is $1500. olgamastersshortstoryaward.com.au.
POETRY PRIZES
The Young Poets Awards close on August 15: canberra.edu.au/young-poets-awards.
CELEBRATED AUTHOR AMANDA LOHREY TO WRITE NEXT NOVEL AT ANU
Amanda Lohrey, author of Camille's Bread and Vertigo, has joined the ANU School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics as a visiting fellow in 2016. Lohrey, recipient of the 2016 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship and the Patrick White, is working on her next novel.
What's on
August 7: At Muse Canberra at 2pm, Anita Heiss will speak about her book Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms, in which a Japanese escapee from the Cowra breakout finds safety and love at an Aboriginal mission.Tickets $10 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
August 10: At 6pm in the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, meet the author of Wild, Brave Enough and Tiny, Beautiful Things as she discusses her epic journey and how it changed her life. $20 (includes refreshments and book signing). nla.gov.au.
August 11: At 6pm in the Conference Room, fourth floor, National Library of Australia, will be the launch of A Voyage to New Holland and Round the World by Captain James Colnett RN, edited by Allen Mawer, providing insight into Australia's colonial history. Free admission. Nla.gov.au.
August 11: At 6pm at the Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie, Milton Osborne will talk about his book Southeast Asia - An Introductory History from concept to 12th edition. RSVP by August 10th to 6251519 or books@asiabookroom.com. Entry by Gold Coin Donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
August 13: From Memories to Memoirs with Rae Luckie from 10am to 4pm in E Block Seminar Room, Gorman Arts Centre 55 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon, is a workshop about writing life stories, family history or fiction based on life. eventbrite.com/e/from-memories-to-memoirs-with-rae-luckie-tickets-26772747007.
August 15: Australian author Liane Moriarty will discuss her new novel, Truly Madly Guilty, in which she sifts through the emerging fault lines of seemingly happy families, at the National Library of Australia theatre, lower ground floor at 6pm. Tickets $15. nla.gov.au.
August 15: At 7pm at Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga Street, Canberra City, will be the launch of the first day before snow, an experimental collaboration between Carmel Summers and eight Australian master tanka poets, by Hazel Hall with an introduction by Josh Inman. Free entry.
August 16: At Muse Canberra at 6pm, journalist Peter Mares will discuss Not Quite Australian, in which he draws on case studies, interviews and personal stories to investigate the complex realities of temporary migration, with Frank Bongiorno.Tickets: $10 (includes a drink). musecanberra.com.au.
August 16: In an ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, journalist and TV personality Peter Stefanovic will be talking with former Canberra Times editor Jack Waterford about Stefanovic's new book Hack in a Flak Jacket , which explores his experiences from wars and conflicts in the Middle East through to royal weddings. Theatre 2, Manning Clark Centre, ANU, 6.30pm. Bookings: anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415.
August 18: Robert Macklin will speak about his latest book Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer at Paperchain Bookstore Manuka at 5.45 for 6pm. RSVP 6295 6723.
August 19: The Children's Book Council of Australia present the Book of the Year awards and the launch of Book Week 2016, followed by book signings at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, 11.30am. Free, but places limited. nla.gov.au.
August 20: Sea - Poetry with Lizz Murphy from 10.30am to 1pm in E Block Seminar Room, Gorman Arts Centre 55 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon explores the theme through writing exercises and discussion with an emphasis on generating ideas and meeting new challenges. eventbrite.com/e/sea-poetry-with-lizz-murphy-tickets-26796683602.
August 21: Award-winning crime writer Candice Fox has teamed up with James Patterson,one of the world's bestselling authors, to co-write Never, Never, a thriller set in the Australian outback. Fox and L.J.M. Owen will talk about this new book at Muse Canberra at 3pm. Tickets: $10 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
August 26-28: The inaugural Canberra Writers Festival is on from 9am to 9pm in the foyer of the National Library of Australia with a line-up including British author A.C. Grayling. Ticket prices vary. nla.gov.au.
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