Meet the Author
March 10: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, Craig Silvey will be in conversation with Canberra Times features editor Sally Pryor on Silvey's novel Honeybee, which won the Dymock's 2020 book of the year. Manning Clark Theatre, Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
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March 18: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event from 6pm to 7pm, Glyn Davis will be in conversation with Helen Sullivan on Davis's new essay, On Life's Lottery. If life is a game of chance, what responsibility do governments, and those who are given a head start, have to look after those less fortunate? Kambri T2 lecture theatre, ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
March 24: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event from 6pm to 7pm, former chief scientist Alan Finkel will be in conversation with ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt on Finkel's new Quarterly Essay, Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition, an essential guide as to how Australia can tackle the climate crisis. Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
Musings
March 21: In his fiction debut, The Speechwriter, erstwhile speechwriter Martin McKenzie-Murray takes the reader on a frantic, funny, and surreal journey through the corridors of power. Toby, former speechwriter to the PM, has reached a new low: locked behind bars in a high-security prison he pens his memoir, trying to piece together how he fell so far. McKenzie-Murray will be in conversation with The Guardian's Amy Remekis. 3-4pm, $10 general admission. Muse, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Ave, Kingston. Bookings at musecanberra.com.au
March 23: Muse's Translation Book Club heads to Korea with Han Kang's Human Acts (translation, Deborah Smith). In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. New members always welcome. 8-9.30pm. Muse, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Ave, Kingston. Bookings at musecanberra.com.au
March 24: The Ozlit Book Club has a look at the latest novel by one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, Steven Carroll. O is the reimagining of what might have been, the story of a novel that took on a life of its own and mirrored its times in a way the author never dreamt of. New members always welcome. 6.30-8pm. Muse, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Ave, Kingston. Bookings at musecanberra.com.au
April 18: A proud Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and with a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply compromised law-enforcement system, Gorrie signed up for training to become one of a rare few Aboriginal police officers in Australia. She will launch her memoir, Black and Blue: a memoir of racism and violence, in conversation with Sarah Burr. 3pm. Muse, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Ave, Kingston. $10 general admission. Bookings at musecanberra.com.au
School Days
The Fellowship of Australian Writers, Canberra & Region is compiling an anthology of short stories and poetry titled School Days. It's inviting submissions from past and present ACT FAW members - up to 2500 words for prose and 50 lines for poetry. Free entry. Details from the president: email jenniferj.warren@bigpond.com or phone 0408 434 954 or 6293 2120 (please leave a message). The FAW meets at 2pm on the second Sunday of the month at the National Library. New members welcome.
Tough Guy Book Club
The Canberra chapter of the Tough Guy Book Club will meet at 7pm at King O'Malley's, 131 City Walk, Canberra, on the following dates: April 7, May 5 and June 2. For more information, phone Darren Saffin on 0411 089 209.
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