Litbits February 27 2016

Australian Book Review seeks an editorial Intern to fill its seventh paid editorial internship. This is a full-time position over 15 months (until the end of June 2017). An editing/publishing degree/diploma or equivalent publishing experience is essential. The intern will participate in all activities of the magazine, with a particular emphasis on ABR Online.The deadline for applications is Monday, February 29. Visit australianbookreview.com.au for more information.

THE 2016 JOLLEY PRIZE

Entries are open for the 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize with a first prize of $7000 and supplementary prizes of $2000 and $1000. Entries must be a single-authored short story of between 2000 and 5000 words, written in English. Stories must not have been previously published or be on offer to other prizes or publications for the duration of the Jolley Prize. Entries close at midnight on April 11. For more information visit australianbookreview.com.au.

What's on

February 28: The next Fellowship of Australian Writers February Meeting is on from 1pm to 4pm in the Brindabella Room, fourth floor National Library of Australia. All welcome. This month's topic is "In As Much". Shared afternoon tea. Gold coin donation. More information: 6231 2470.

February 28: At Muse Canberra at 3.30pm poet, novelist, geologist and scholar Subhash Jaireth will discuss creative cross-pollination with Street Theatre artistic director Caroline Stacey. Tickets $10 includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.

March 1: At 6pm in the foyer of the National Library of Australia, ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson and Independent MP Andrew Wilkie will launch Backlash: Australia's Conflict of Values over Live Exports by Bidda Jones and Julian Davies, an investigation of the live export trade that reveals its complex background and analyses the political drama of 2011. nla.gov.au,

March 3: At 11am at Harry Herzog, Westfield Woden, the children's book Smile Cry by Tania McCartney will be launched with a reading, activities and cupcakes. RSVP for catering purposes: 6232 5832.

March 6: Black Inc. and Paperchain Bookstore invite you to hear Garth Callender, author of After the Blast: An Australian Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, in conversation with the ABC's chief political correspondent, Sabra Lane, at 1.45pm for 2pm at Paperchain Manuka. RSVP telephone 6295 6723.

March 6: Find out how some Canberra women feel about being a woman on International Women's Day at Muse Canberra when novelist Marion Halligan, scientist Amber Beavis, activist Zoya Patel, journalist Samantha Maiden and other special guests talk to Nikki Anderson. On Woman. Tickets $10 (includes a drink). Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.

March 8: In the National Library of Australia foyer at 6pm, Taking Flight: Lores Bonney's Extraordinary Flying Career by Kristen Alexander will be launched by Gaby Kennard, the first Australian woman to fly solo around the world. The book tells the story of Bonney's extraordinary career as an Australian aviation pioneer. Bookings: nla.gov.au.

March 9: At 6pm at Muse Canberra, father and daughter Tom and Meg Keneally discuss collaborating on the historical crime novels The Monsarrat Series in a special edition of Bipartisan. Tickets $10 includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.

March 16: The Noted Writers' Festival will take place in Canberra from March 16 to 20 with authors, poets, journalists, publishers, editors and more. notedfestival.com.

March 21: At 6pm in the National Library Bookshop, The Gatekeepers of Australian Foreign Policy 1950-1966 by Adam Hughes Henry will be launched. It deals with the transition from the liberal foreign policy approach of the Chifley Labor government to the more strident anti-communism of the conservative Menzies government after 1949. Bookings: nla.gov.au.

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