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Events
April 15: At The Book Cow at 11am is Story Time with Story Dogs, free readings from the Toodle the Cavoodle series. See: bookcow.com.au.
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April 16: At Muse at 3pm, Meanjin editor Esther Anatolitis will be in conversation with Amy Remeikis and Ben Eltham about Eltham's new Meanjin essay on Scott Morrison, A Miracle Corrupted. $10. See: musecanberra.com.au.
April 17: At 6pm in an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, London-based human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Robinson's book with Keina Yoshida, How Many More Women? Exposing how the law silences women. Cinema Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
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April 18: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, Michelle Arrow will moderate a conversation on Women and Whitlam: Revisiting the revolution with three of the book's contributors, Marie Coleman, Elizabeth Reid and Blair Williams and why the scope and scale of the reforms for Australian women are often overlooked. Cinema Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
April 20: At Harry Hartog ANU at 12.30pm for a 12.45pm start will be a panel discussion on Australian Universities: A Conversation About Public Good with Glyn Davis, Julia Horne, Susan Goodwin and Gwilym Croucher, moderated by Kylie Message-Jones. Free event - registration essential. See: harryhartog.com.au.
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April 20: At Paperchain at 6pm there will be an author event with Garth Nix, author of The Sinister Booksellers of Bath. RSVP: info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.
April 20: At Paperchain at 10am will be a in-store book signing for Old Jim's Poems for Kids, Young and Old, by James Tweddle. More information: info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.
April 22: Eileen C Boyle is launching her memoir Daydream Believers, about an Irish Catholic family who migrated from England to Australia in 1963 at The Book Cow at 2pm. See: bookcow.com.au.
April 22: Helen Topor is launching her book Discovering Vermeer: A Passionate Quest, revised edition, at 2.30pm, at The Yass Bookstore in Lead Street, at the side of the Liberty Theatre. Refreshments provided.
April 23: Sally Warriner will be in conversation about Not Just the Wife of the General Manager, her memoir of one woman's life on outback cattle station, at The Book Cow. See: bookcow.com.au.
April 26: At Muse at 6.30pm, Ozlit Book Club will discuss Compulsion by Kate Scott, an exploration of sex, drugs and post-millennial techno. See: musecanberra.com.au.
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April 27: At The Street Theatre at 6pm, Alison Booth's novel Bellevue will be launched by Professor Frank Bongiorno with Alex Sloan as MC. Free, reservations essential. RSVP by April 25 with name and telephone number via rsvp@thestreet.org.au.
April 30: At the National Library of Australia Theatre at 2pm, a panel of archivists, librarians and curators will reveal some of the intriguing women whose stories can be found within the collections and discuss what they do to safeguard these stories. Entry by gold coin donation. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
April 30: At Muse at 3pm, Michael Pascoe will discuss with Laura Tingle his memoir, The Summertime of Our Dreams, about a longtime friendship and terminal illness. See: musecanberra.com.au.
May 3: At 6pm, in an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, award-winning French television journalist Guillaume Pitron will be in conversation with Ebony Bennett on his new book, The Dark Cloud. How the digital world is costing the earth. It's an investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which addresses the pressing question of the carbon footprint it leaves behind. Cinema, Kambri Cultural Centre. ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
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May 4: At 6pm, in an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, Tracey Spicer will be in conversation with Michelle Ryan on Spicer's new book Man-Made: How the bias of the past is being built into the future, in which the Walkley Award-winning journalist exposes the next frontier of feminism in a transformative technological shift in society. Cinema Kambri cultural centre, ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
May 10: At 6pm in an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, local author Robyn Cadwallader will be in conversation with Nigel Featherstone on Cadwallader's new novel, The Fire and the Rose, set in the turbulent world of 13th-century England. T2 Kambri cultural centre ANU. Registrations at anu.edu.au/events.
May 11: Work Less, Make More: The Millennial's Guide to Financial Freedom, by Kim Northwood will be launched at 5pm at Paperchain in Manuka. Entry is free. RSVP info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.
June 1: At Paperchain at 5pm will be an in-store event with Ian James Frazer, author of Rain God: The Highs and Lows of Clement Wragge, Meteorologist With a Mission. SVP info@paperchainbookstore.com.au or phone 6295 6723.
June 3: At Muse at 4pm, Kris Kneen will discuss their memoir Fat Girl Dancing with Canberra Writers Festival artistic director Beejay Silcox. Tickets: $10 (entry only) or $42 (includes a copy of the book). See: musecanberra.com.au.
June 15-18: StoryFest 2023 on the South Coast at five venues including Ulladulla Civic Centre and the Milton Theatre features Peter FitzSimons, Clementine Ford, Adam Liaw, Clare Bowditch and others. Tickets on sale from April 4. See: storyfest.org.au.
June 18: At Muse at 3pm, Kylie Ladd with discuss her novel, I'll Leave You With This, about a brother's legacy and the tangled bonds of sisterhood, with writer Karen Viggers. $10 or $40 with a copy of the book. See: musecanberra.com.au.
ACU Poetry Prize
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Poetry, one of Australia's richest poetry prizes, is celebrating its 19th anniversary. Entries are now open for new poetry on the theme of Love, as inspired by Martin Luther King Jr: "I have decided to stick to love ... Hate is too great a burden to bear." Entries close on July 3, 2023. See: acu.edu.au.
Storytime in the Square
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 11am the Book Cow, at 47 Jardine Street, Kingston, holds a storytime and music session. See: bookcow.com.au.
Tough Guy Book Club
The remaining Tough Guy Book Club Canberra meetings for the first half of 2023 are as follows (all on Wednesdays): May 3 and June 7. The club meets from 7pm to 9.30pm at King O'Malley's, 131 City Walk, Canberra. President of the Canberra chapter is Adam Bartlett - phone 0468 942 182. See: toughguybookclub.com.
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