December 4: Preparing Your Manuscript: An Editor's Tips with Phillip Berrie is on from 10am to 4pm at Gorman Arts Centre.: $110 + b.f. (ACTWC member), $175 + b.f. (General Admission: includes 12-month membership). Concession prices available. bit.ly/2fQcUR9.
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December 5: In a free ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event Paul Livingston aka Flacco tells the inside story of The Doug Anthony All Stars then and now in DAAS: Their Part in My Downfall. 6pm, Manning Clark 2, ANU. Bookings: anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415
December 8: In a free ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event. Troy Bramston, author of Paul Keating: The big picture leader will be in conversation with The Australian's Editor-At-Large, Paul Kelly, on Bramston's new biography of Keating. 6pm, Manning Clark 2, ANU. Bookings: anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415
December 12: Professor Robert Cribb will launch Race and British Colonialism in South-East Asia, 1770-1870 by Dr Gareth Knapman at 6pm at Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place (adjacent to the Jamison Centre), Macquarie. RSVP to 62515191 or books@AsiaBookroom.com. Entry by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
January 24: At 6pm in the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, photojournalist and official war artist Stephen Dupont will present a free lecture, From Raskols to We Cut Heads, on his artist's books project followed by a conversation with Treasures Curator Nat Williams.Bookings: nla.gov.au.
February 2: In Shooting the Picture: Press Photography in Australia, researchers Sally Young and Fay Anderson pose the question: will changes in technology spell the end of traditional press photography? With Andrew Meares, Chief Photographer, Fairfax Media. National Library of Australia, Foyer, Theatre, Ground floor. $15 includes book signing and refreshments. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
February 7: In the free Fellowship Presentation Pinafores, Prodigies & Precocities, Dr Gillian Arrighi explores the era of the child performer during the days of the British Empire, 1880-1914. Conference Room, Level 4, National Library of Australia. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
February 8: Historian Geoffrey Blainey's The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia traces the country's history from the gold rush to the present day. Foyer Theatre, ground floor, National Library of Australia, 6pm. $15 includes book signing and refreshments. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
February 15: Fairfax columnist Clementine Ford's new book, Fight Like a Girl, is a manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be, and exposes just how unequal the world continues to be for women. Foyer Theatre, ground floor, National Library of Australia, 6pm. $15 includes book signing and refreshments. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
February 22: In NGA Book Club at 10.30am, join Claudia Hyles for a discussion exploring literary themes around the visual arts.This season's book is Peacock and vine: Fortuny and Morris in life and at work by AS Byatt. Meet at the National Gallery of Australia information desk. $18, $15 NGA members. Bookings: nga.gov.au.
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