ACU Poetry Prize
Entries for the 2017 Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry are open until July 3, with a $10,000 first prize for poetry with the theme "Joy". See: acu.edu.au/poetry-prize.
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July 2: In 1969, a young and apprehensive Tony Kevin set off on his first diplomatic posting to Moscow at the height of the Cold War. Nearly 50 years on, he returns alone, a private citizen aged 73. He will discuss his findings and his book Return to Moscow at Muse at 3pm. Admission $10 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
July 5: Clancy's Hat: The Story of Tim's Lone Journey from Canberra to Kosciuszko and a Special Hat by Phillip A. Moses will be launched at the National Library of Australia Bookshop at 6pm. Admission free. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
July 7: The Salt Room is a bi-monthly performance night that presents poetry in its many forms featuring national, international and local performers from varied disciplines. It's on at 7.30pm at Gorman Arts Centre. Tickets $10 concession, $15 full price at the door.
July 13: Share tales from Japan at 11.30am in the Ferguson Room, Level 1, National Library of Australia. $2 admission. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
July 13: Sara Dowse will speak about her new book As the Lonely Fly, in which three Russian-Jewish women take three very different paths after the fall of the tsar, at Paperchain Bookstore Manuka, at 5.45 for 6pm. RSVP 6295 6723.
July 19: The next Poetry at the House reading at Manning Clark House is at 7.30pm in the Fellows Bar at University House. It will feature Paul Kane (US), Melinda Smith (Canberra) and Michael Thorley (Queanbeyan).Admission: $10 waged, $5 unwaged. Bookings: gpage40@bigpond.net.au.
July 20: Kate Forsyth will talk about her novel Beauty in Thorns, telling the story of love, desire, obsession and tragedy that underlies the creation of this famous depiction of Sleeping Beauty, at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, at 6pm. Admission $20 includes refreshments and book signing. nla.gov.au.
July 27: Michael Robotham will talk about his suspense thriller The Secrets She Keeps, about the unlikely friendship between two pregnant women, in the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, at 6pm. $20 includes refreshments and book signing. nla.gov.au.
July 27: Labor's Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy and the National President of the Labor Party, Mark Butler, will be in conversation with Mark Howden on Butler's new book, Climate Wars, which is a case for using less and cleaner energy in an ANU/The Canberra Times Meet the Author Event in the Finkel Theatre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
August 2: Rusty Young will talk about his book Colombiano, based on interviews with Special Forces soldiers, snipers, undercover intelligence agents and members of terrorist organisations, at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, at 6pm. $20 includes book signing and refreshments. nla.gov.au.
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