Harry Hartog

July 15: Loud & Proud: A Conversation with Tea Uglow & Maeve Marsden will be live streamed via Zoom at 6.30pm. Free. More information and reservations at harryhartog.com.au.

Margin Notes

Canberra author Zoya Patel and Human Rights medalist Yen Eriksen have released a new six-part podcast, Margin Notes, sharing the stories of marginalised communities and exploring intersectional issues through the power of memoir. Margin Notes can be streamed through iTunes and Spotify, with new episodes released weekly.

Penguin Random House Australia has launched an online book club called The Huddle to connect readers with authors on Facebook. On Fridays from 3pm to 4pm a Facebook post will go up featuring the book of the week. Readers will be encouraged to comment on the post and discuss the book. The author will be ready and waiting to answer readers' comments and talk about their research. penguin.com.au/book-clubs/2604-the-huddle.

July 13: Award-winning Queensland poet Stuart Barnes, author of Glasshouses, will read via Zoom. 6.30pm for 7pm, online only. Includes extended open mic (three minutes a poet). Zoom details posted on That Poetry Thing Facebook Page from 6pm on the night. Sign up for the open mic via the chat. Free.

Details: facebook.com/groups/1694111874134524/.

July 15: Former prime minister Julia Gillard co-authored Women and Leadership with development economist Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In this virtual ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author live event at 6pm, Gillard and former governor-general Quentin Bryce will discuss the book, sharing the experience and advice of some of our female leaders in their own words. It will be introduced and chaired by Vice-Chancellor and President of The Australian National University, Professor Brian P. Schmidt. Signed copies by Julia Gillard of Women and Leadership will be available for sale at Harry Hartog bookshop, ANU. anu.edu.au/events/virtual-live-event-in-conversation-with-julia-gillard.