ACU poetry prize
The 2018 Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry is now open for entries with the theme “Empathy”. First prize is $10,000, with $5000 for the second prize and $3000 for the third prize.
Entries close at 5pm on July 20, 2018. See acu.edu.au/literature-prize.
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What's on
June 18: At 7pm at Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic, Not Very Quiet Journal Presents From Wench We Came: Yass and Binalong Poets Jane Baker, Victoria McGrath, Lizz Murphy, Robyn Sykes. $5 on the door, no open mic.
June 19: Oppy: the Life of Sir Hubert Opperman by Daniel Oakman, a biography of the champion cyclist, will be launched at the National Library of Australia bookshop at 6pm. Admission free. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
June 24: Political journalist Michelle Grattan will speak about her book Back on the Wool Track, retracing the journey of Charles Bean who in 1909 wrote a series of articles about the wool industry in western NSW.
At Tuggeranong Homestead, Johnson Drive, Richardson, 2pm. $20 entry includes Devonshire tea. Bookings essential: Phone Jenny on 6231 4535 or robhorsfield@bigpond.com.
June 24: Lisa Portolan’s Happy As!, an exploration of happiness, will be featured at Muse at 3pm. $12 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
June 25: That Poetry Thing features Canberra performance poet Tahi Atea, Sydney poet Michele Seminara and Nauru survivor and poet Ravi Nagaveeran. For this night only it will be at the Poseidon Room in the Hellenic Club in the City (13 Moore Street) $5 entry, shorter open mic.
June 28: At 7pm at Manning Clark House, 11 Tasmania Circuit, Forrest, readings of poetry published in Recent Work Press by Jacqui Malins, Martin Dolan and Shane Strange. $10 entry, nibbles and wine included.
July 2: Performance poet and writer Maddie Godfrey and poet and novelist Heather Taylor Johnson will be at That Poetry Thing, at Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic. $5 entry, open mic.
July 4: Dunera Lives: A Visual History, by Ken Inglis, Seumas Spark and Jay Winter with Carol Bunyan, will be launched at the National Library foyer on July 4 at 6pm, Free but bookings essential on 6262 1424.
July 4: at 6pm in the Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Bob Carr will be speaking on his new book, Run for your Life. Tearing up the Rules on Political Memoirs, a candid revelation of his life, dealings with the media, and the secrets of his political life. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
July 5: at 6pm in the Molonglo Lecture Theatre, Crawford Building, ANU, in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, political editor of The Guardian, Katharine Murphy, will be in conversation with Michelle Grattan on Murphy’s new book, On Disruption, examining the impact of the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week news cycle. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
July 9: Writer and literary critic Jorge Carrion will discus his extended essay, Bookshops, at Paperchain Manuka at 6pm. RSVP info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 9723
July 9: 2013 Australian Slam Poetry Champion CJ Bowerbird and performance artist Jacqui Malins (and Julia Horvath, cellist) will be at That Poetry Thing, at Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic. $5 entry, open mic.
July 18: At 6pm in the Molonglo Lecture Theatre, Crawford Building, ANU, in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Professor David Christian, co-founder with Bill Gates of The Big History Project, will be talking about his new book, Origin Story. A Big History of Everything, an epic story of the universe and our place in it. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
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