February 23: Canberra Times journalist Karen Hardy will be in conversation with Robert Tickner about his book, Ten Doors Down, at Muse at 3pm. $15 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.

February 24: That Poetry Thing: Canberra's Zoe Yapp and spoken-word artist Andrew Cox (NSW) will read. Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga Street, Civic, 7-9pm. Entry $10, includes open mic.

February 26: Long Litt Woon, author of The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning, will be speaking at Paperchain Manuka at 6pm. info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.

February 27: Heide Sze, author of Nurturing Your New Life: Words and Recipes for the New Mother, will be at Paperchain Manuka at 10.30am. info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.

February 27: Katherine Johnson will discuss her book, Paris Savages, with Karen Viggers at Muse at 6pm. $15 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.

February 27: Poetry at Manning Clark House is with Jill Sutton, Kathleen Bleakley and Amelia Fielden. 11 Tasmania Circuit, Forrest, at 7.30 pm. $10 entry, wine and nibbles included.

February 28: Irish-Australian author Dervla McTiernan will be in conversation with Jeff Popple on Dervla's new crime novel The Good Turn, the third in the Cormac Reilly series, in a free ANU/Canberra Times event. 6pm in T2 Lecture Theatre Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.

March 2: Sydney Slam poet Alasdair Carter and Bosnian-born Mirsad Ramic will perform at Smith's Alternative at 7pm. Entry is $10. Includes open mic.

March 3: Professor John Uhr & Dr Shaun Crowe will speak about their book, Novel Politics : Studies in Australian Political Fiction. Launched by Professor Frank Bongiorno at Harry Hartog ANU, 12-1pm. Free but bookings essential, through Eventbrite.

March 4: Spinoza's Overcoat, a collection of essays by Subhash Jaireth, will be launched at the National Library of Australia foyer at 6pm. Free. Bookings: nlshop@nla.gov.au or call 6262 1424.

March 5: Donna Ward will be in conversation with Genevieve Jacobs on Ward's first book, She I Dare Not Name, reflections on the single life, in a free ANU/Canberra Times event. 6pm in the China in the World Auditorium, Fellows Lane, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.

March 5: Sarah Macdonald (author) and Cathy Wilcox (illustrator) will be talking about So... You're Having a Teenager: An A-Z of Adolescence from Argumentative to Zits, at Paperchain Manuka at 6pm. info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.

March 7: Oasis by Katya de Becerra will be launched at Paperchain Manuka at 6pm. RSVP: 6295 6723 or books@paperchainbookstore.com.au.

March 10: Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery will be in conversation with Andrew Wilkie on Bernard's new book, Oil Under Troubled Water. Australia's Timor Sea Intrigue, in a free ANU/Canberra Times event. 6pm at the Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.

March 11: Author Gabbie Stroud will be in conversation with Chris Hammer about Gabbie's latest book, Dear Parents, at Harry Hartog ANU, 6pm. Free event. Tickets available through Eventbrite and harryhartog.com.au.

March 13: Margaret Bearman, author of We Were Never Friends, will be at Paperchain Manuka at 6pm. info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.

March 15: At Muse at 3pm, Cathy Perkins will be in conversation with Mark McKenna about Perkins' new book The Shelf Life of Zora Cross, about the Australian poet and journalist. $15 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.

March 19: Award-winning writer and human rights advocate Arnold Zable will be in conversation with Professor Kim Rubenstein on Arnold's new non-fiction book, The Watermill, in a free ANU/Canberra Times event, at 6pm, T2 Lecture Theatre, Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.