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 July 24. Entry by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
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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: Found by crime writer Melissa Pouliot, about a teenage runaway cold case, will be launched at Muse Canberra at 5 for 5.30pm. Free admission. 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, in an ANU/ Canberra Times Meet the Author event in the Finkel Theatre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
July 27: Jen Webb, Paul Munden and Carmel Summers are the next guest poets reading at Manning Clark House at 7 for 7.30pm. What better way to warm yourself than with poetry, nibbles and wine these cold Canberra nights? $10 at the door. Contact Kathy Kituai on kkituai@gmail.com for further information.
July 29: Children can meet book author and illustrator Bob Graham at Muse Canberra at Muse Canberra at 1pm. Admission $10 a child (accompanying parent free and receives a drink). A separate adult event, Anatomy of a Picture Book (also $10) is on at 2.30pm. musecanberra.com.au.
July 30: Dr Robyn Rowland is the special guest at A Brush with Poetry. 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 1: The third edition of International Law in Australia will be launched and a panel discussion held with contributors Professor Donald R Rothwell, Professor Shirley Scott and Associate Professor Asmi Wood at the AIIA Conference Centre - Stephen House, 32 Thesiger Court, Deakin, at 6pm. Refreshments served from 5.30pm. Registration at aiiaact.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/14774-international-law-in-australia or at the door.
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.
September 12: At 6pm in the Copland Lecture Theatre, ANU will be a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event with Julian Burnside QC in conversation with Professor Simon Rice on Burnside's new book Watching Out. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
September. 19: At 6.30pm in the China in the World Auditorium, ANU, Benjamin Law and Professor Mary Lou Rassmussen will be in conversation on Law's new Quarterly Essay, Sexuality, Schools and the Media Out. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
September 20: At 6pm in the Conference Room, Sir Roland Wilson Building ANU in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Stuart Kells will be in conversation with Colin Steele on Kells's new book The Library, which covers great libraries of the world and how they are portrayed in fiction. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
October 11: At 7pm in The Hall, University House, at Eat Drink and Be Political, Gareth Evans will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on Evans' s new book, Incorrigible Optimist. A Political Memoir. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144. Pre-book signings at 6.15pm.
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