December 1: Jackie French and Virginia Hooker will be speaking at Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie at 2pm about their children's book All of Us. A History of Southeast Asia. RSVP to books@AsiaBookroom.com or 6251 5191 by Sunday at noon. Entry by gold coin donation to Classrooms in the Clouds.

December 1: Tim Ayliffe will talk about his thriller, State of Fear, at Muse at 3pm. $15 includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.

December 2: That Poetry Thing: Merlinda Bobis (ACT) and Zenobia Frost (Queensland). Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic, 7pm-9pm. $10 waged/ $5 unwaged, includes open mic.

December 3: Peter Hartcher will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on Hartcher's new Quarterly Essay, Red Flag. Waking Up To China's Challenge, in a free ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, 6pm at T2 Lecture Theatre, Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.

December 5: Toni Hassan will discuss her book, Families in the Digital Age, with Virginia Hausegger and Sarah Bachelard at Paperchain Bookstore Manuka at 6pm. RSVP: info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723

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