Meet the author
October 7: From 6pm to 7pm, Jane Harper will be in conversation with Anna Creer on Harper's new crime novel, The Survivors, set in a small Tasmanian coastal community.
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October 21: From 6pm to 7pm, Robert Dessaix will be in conversation with Caroline Baum on Dessaix's new book, The Time of Our Lives, on the art of growing old well.
Registrations for all events are at anu.edu.au/events.
That Poetry Thing
October 5: At Smith's Alternative will be Lisa Brockwell from northern NSW, Moya Pacey from Canberra and Adrian Caesar from the South Coast. No open mic.
October 12: Triple launch: Wild Curious Air by Jill Jones, Night by Penelope Layland and Doggerland by Moya Pacey.
Physical admission: $10 waged, $5 unwaged (20 people only, paid online in advance via the Smith's Alternative calendar). 7pm at the Smith's Alternative bookshop, 76 Alinga Street, Civic. Zoom readings will also start at 7pm and will finish by 9pm at the latest. Technical inquiries: smithspoetrything@gmail.com.
Harry Hartog events
October 7: No Matter Our Wreckage: A Conversation with Gemma Carey & Ginger Gorman will be livestreamed via Zoom at 6.30pm. More information and tickets: harryhartog.com.au/events.
October 8: From 6.30pm to 7.30pm, Alison Booth will be in a conversation with Professor Frank Bongiorno, moderated by Dr Andrew Leigh, about Booth's new novel, The Professor's Daughters, and gender and race relations in colonial times. Registrations here: harryhartog.com.au/events.
Muse
October 25: Reading on the Margins - Book Club is on at 3pm. Join co-hosts of the podcast Margin Notes, Yen Eriksen and Zoya Patel, for their bimonthly book club. musecanberra.com.au.
Poetry Prize
Australian Book Review is calling for entries in the 17th Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia's most lucrative and respected awards for poetry. First prize is $6000 and four other shortlisted poets will receive $1000 each. Entry is open to all poets writing in English, until midnight on October 1, 2020. Entries must be an original single-authored poem of not more than 70 lines written in English. The five shortlisted poems will be published in the January-February 2021 issue and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in January. australianbookreview.com.au.
- Submissions to Litbits should be sent by Monday COB in the week of publication, with the date in the subject line. Publication is not guaranteed. litbits@canberratimes.com.au.