Former prime minister Kevin Rudd will be in conversation with journalist Stan Grant at the Australian National University in Canberra later this month.
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The focus at the free October 27 event at Llewellyn Hall will be Rudd's autobiography, Not for the Faint-hearted, about "the unlikely rise of the 'boy from Eumundi' to the most powerful office in the land' ".
It is the only Canberra public event on the publicity trail for the autobiography which goes by the lengthier title Not for the Faint-Hearted: A Personal Reflection on Life, Politics and Purpose 1957-2007 and is apparently just the first of two volumes chronicling the life of Kevin07.
This first volume ends at his election as the 26th prime minister of Australia in late 2007.
Central to the story is Rudd's childhood "shaped by the love of his mother and tragically disrupted by the death of his father, an event that left the family without a home or an income and which would foster Rudd's passion for social justice and forge his political vision".
Mr Rudd now lives in New York as president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
The ANU event is a return to his old stamping ground. Rudd completed his Bachelor's degree in Asian studies at the university in 1981, before embarking on his careers in diplomacy, public service and politics.
The Canberra event will be chaired by Professor Brian Schmidt, Vice-Chancellor, ANU.
Books will be on sale from 5.15pm with book signings by Rudd from 7-8pm. The on-stage conversation will be between 6pm and 7pm. The event is free and you can register here.
