What's on
June 2: Anna Buist’s This I Would Kill For, the third book in the series featuring forensic psychiatrist Natalie King, will be featured at Muse at 3pm. $12 includes a drink, musecanberra.com.au.
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June 4: That Poetry Thing at Smith’s Alternative at 7pm. Canberra poet John Foulcher and Braidwood poet Nicola Bowery will read. $5 at the door. Open mic.
June 5: The Dead Still Cry Out: The Story of a Combat Cameraman by Helen Lewis, about her father Mike, will be launched at Paperchain Manuka at 6pm. RSVP info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.
June 5: At 6pm in the Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, journalist Sarah Ferguson will be in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on Ferguson’s new book, On Mother, reflecting on the complex bonds between mothers and daughters. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
June 6: Canberra dancer Padma Menon will be in conversation with photographer Barbie Robinson about their book, Siva in Me, at Asia Bookroom at 6pm followed by a dance presentation. Asia Bookroom Unit 2, 1-3 Lawry Place, Macquarie. RSVP by June 5 to 62515191 or books@asiabookroom.com. Entry by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. See: AsiaBookroom.com.
June 9: Andrew Howe’s Encyclopedia of Socceroos will be featured at Muse at 4pm. $12 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
June 10: Investigative journalist Kate Wilde’s Waiting for Elijah, about the police shooting of a mentally ill young man, will be featured at Muse at 3pm. $12 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
June 11: That Poetry Thing at Smith’s at 7pm. Anne Walsh (NSW) and Anna Forsyth (NSW). $5 on the door, includes open mic. Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic, 7-9pm
June 14: At 6pm at Paperchain Bookstore Manuka will be an evening with Tracy Sorenson, author of the novel The Lucky Galah. RSVP info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.
June 14: At 6pm at the National Library of Australia, Lisa Clausen will discuss her recent book Cruden Farm Garden Diaries which documents the creation of a garden by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and her gardener Michael Morrison. $15/$20 includes refreshments . Bookings: nla.gov.au/event/cruden-farms-garden-diaries, 62621551
June 17: Australia Reimagined, by Hugh Mackay, proposes a more compassionate and socially cohesive Australia. It will be featured at Muse at 3pm. $12 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
June 18: At 6pm in the Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, medical author Dr Michael Mosley will be speaking about his new book, The Clever Guts Diet, and taking questions on his other books, including the 5:2 diet. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.
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 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: Smith’s Alternative, 7pm: That Poetry Thing: Verity La Michele Seminara (NSW) and local poet Tahi Atea. $5 on the door, includes 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 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.
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