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

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

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

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 6: At Paperchain Manuka at 6pm, Sophie Hardcastle, author of Below Deck, will be joined in conversation with Paula Kruger from ABC Radio. RSVP: 6295 6723 or books@paperchainbookstore.com.au.

March 7: Journalist Genevieve Gannon is launching her book The Mothers, a fictional account of a real-life IVF lab embryo mix-up, at Woden Library at 2pm.

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

March 11: At Beyond Q at 7pm is a tribute reading for Gwen Harwood's centenary by local poets P.S. Cotter, Penelope Layland and Russell Erwin as well as readings by Jessica L. Wilkinson from Melbourne. $10 waged/$5 unwaged. Bookings: gpage40@bigpond.net.au.

March 13: Journalist Sophie McNeill, author of We Can't Say We Didn't Know, will be in conversation with Dan Bourchier at Muse at 6pm. $15 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.

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

March 14: Author Catherine Meatheringham and illustrator Max Hamilton will launch their book, My Possum Plays the Drums, at 2pm at Harry Hartog Woden. Free. eventbrite.com.au.

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.

March 26: At 6pm in T2 Lecture Theatre Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU in a free ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, senior policy advisor Andrew Wear will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh MP on Leigh's new book Solved!: How Other Countries Have Cracked the World's Biggest Problems and We Can Too. Bookings: anu.edu.au/events or 6125 4144.