Olga Masters Competition
The 2015 Olga Masters Short Story Competition offers a first prize of $1500 and $500 for the runner-up. Entries close on August 20. Full details: olgamastersshortstoryaward.com.au
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What's on
August 1: Professor Ronan McDonald will MC an afternoon of poetry and song to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Irish poet William Butler Yeats, at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1 at 2pm. Cost $25 Friends of the NLA and Friends of Ireland / $35 non-members (includes afternoon tea), bookings essential at nla.gov.au.
August 1: Tom Stevens' memoir of his service in the British army in the West Indies in the early 1950s, A Welch Calypso? will be launched by Jeff Cleverly at 2pm at Kangara Waters, Cooinda Community Centre, 2 Joy Cummings Place, Belconnen. RSVP 0406 379 945.
August 5: UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy is holding a panel forum and book launch of Die in Battle, Do Not Despair: The Indians on Gallipoli, 1915, by Professor Peter Stanley. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) chairman Nihal Gupta will launch the book at 6pm at ADFA, Lecture Theatre 10, Building 32, Northcott Drive, Canberra. All welcome.
August 6: UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy invites you to a conversation from both sides of the hills of Gallipoli, with Brigadier Chris Roberts AM CSC (Rtd), and associate professor Mesut Uyar, hosted by ABC broadcaster Alex Sloan. At 5.30pm at UNSW Canberra Academy Library, Northcott Drive. RSVP: Monday, August 3, 2015: http://viewbothsidesofhillgallipoli.eventbrite.com.au. Inquiries: 0466 562 533
August 6: In the Skin of a Monster by Kathryn Barker will be launched at 5.45pm for 6pm at Paperchain Bookstore, Manuka. What if your identical twin sister was a murderer? Does that make you a monster too? RSVP: 6295 6723.
August 10: Join Professor Julianne Schultz AM, founding editor of Griffith Review, and three young writers as they provide fresh perspectives on life in the world's most populous region. Miguel Syjuco (the Philippines), Annie Zaidi (India) and Sheng Keyi (China) delve into the many facets of their countries, from the powerful and the powerless to the complexities of culture, politics and modernisation. Each writer describes what their country feels like up close and personal, with an insider's eye and passion. Don't miss this fascinating journey through New Asia. National Library of Australia Theatre, 6pm. Free. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
August 11: The next Poetry at the Gods reading features Michael Sharkey from Castlemaine and Eileen Chong from Sydney. Dinner is at 6pm, readings at 7.30pm. The Gods Cafe is at the ANU Arts Centre. Bookings: 6248 5538.
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