What's on
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
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July 20: The Rag Tag Fleet by Ian W. Shaw, about how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific during World War II, will be launched by David Lloyd, Vice President of the US Army Small Ships Association. At 5.45 for 6pm at Paperchain Manuka. RSVP phone 6295 6723.
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 a depiction of Sleeping Beauty, at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, at 6pm. Admission $20 includes refreshments andbook signing. nla.gov.au.
July 22: Professor Richard Rigby will launch Sophie Loy-Wilson's Australians in Shanghai: Race, Rights and Nation in Treaty Port China at Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie, at 6pm. RSVP to 62515191 by Monday July 24th. Entry by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
July 23: How does the writer dream and survive across multiple languages, cultures and genres? Join writer Merlinda Bobis and Subhash Jaireth in this conversation about creative practice at Muse Canberra at 3pm..musecanberra.com.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/ Canberra Times Meet the Author event in the Finkel Theatre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
July 30: Dr Robyn Rowland is the special guest at A Brush with Poetry in Binalong. Please note one-off change of venue for July. Enjoy an eclectic mix of poetic styles and genres at Binalong General Store. Free open mike, donations appreciated. 1.30 for 2pm. Phone: 6227 4377.
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.
August 14: At 6.30pm in the Molonglo Theatre, JG Crawford Building, Crawford School, 132 Lennox Crossing, ANU in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Gail Kelly will discuss her her new book, Live, Lead, Learn. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144. Pre-book signings at 6pm.
August 18: At 11.30am in the National Library of Australia, Lower Ground 1, The Children's Book Council of Australia and the Library are holding the presentation of the Book of the Year awards and the launch of Book Week 2017, followed by book signings. Free, places limited. nla.gov.au.
August 25: The Canberra Writers Festival 2017 - theme: Power, Passion, Politics- is on until August 27, beginning today from 9am to 9pm in the National Library's Conference Room, Ferguson Room, Foyer, Theatre, Level 4. Ticket prices vary. See: canberrawritersfestival.com.au.
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