2016 ACT WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS
Submissions in categories including the 19th Annual Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award, The June Shenfield Poetry Award, and the ACT Publishing Awards (fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books) close on September 7. Entry fees: $10 member, $15 non-member. actwriters.org.au/awards/index.shtml.
What's on
September 3: At Muse Canberra at 3pm, Fred Smith will be in conversation with Genevieve Jacobs about his new book The Dust of Uruzgan, reflections from two years of working as a diplomat, political officer and songwriter on the frontline of Australia's mission in Afghanistan. Tickets: $10 (includes a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink). musecanberra.com.au.
September 4: The ACT Storytellers Guild is presenting September Stories, an afternoon of stories with music by Harrison Whalan at 2.30pm at Kangara Waters Community Centre, 2 Joy Cummings Place, Belconnen. Stories are suitable for adults and older children. Cost $15, including refreshments. Contact: Mary on 6254 2349.
September 5: In an ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Indonesian political commentator and writer Goenawan Mohamad and his translator Jennifer Lindsay will be in conversation with Emeritus Professor James Fox about Goenawan's new book In Other Words, a volume of essays from 1968 to 2014 on Indonesian politics and culture in the Australian Centre on China in the World, Fellows Road, ANU, at 6pm. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415.
September 5: At Paperchain Bookstore at 5.45pm for 6pm, American writer Nadia Hashimi will discuss her novel A House Without Windows, a look at the lives of modern Afghan women. RSVP 6295 6723.
September 6: At Paperchain Bookstore Manuka at 5.45 for 6pm, Paul Ritchie, who was Tony Abbott's chief prime ministerial speechwriter, will speak about his new book Faith, Love and Australia: The Conservative Case for Same-Sex Marriage. RSVP 6295 6723.
September 6–16: Poetry on the Move is a festival hosted by the University of Canberra, featuring more than 50 poets from Australia and abroad. There are readings, workshops, discussions, films and book launches. Poets in residence are Simon Armitage (Britain) and Tusiata Avia (New Zealand). All events are free but booking is essential: ipsi.org.au.
September 8: Singer-songwriter Robert Forster's book Grant and I: Inside and outside The Go-betweens will be launched with Alex Sloan at the National Portrait Gallery at 6pm. Doors open at 5pm. Bookings essential. Tickets $20 or $45 includes a copy of the book. portrait.gov.au.
September 12: In an ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Anthony Albanese and Karen Middleton will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on Karen Middleton's revealing new biography: Albanese: Telling It Straight. Copland Lecture Theatre, 6pm. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415.
September 13: In an ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, award-winning writer and commentator Don Watson will be in conversation with Professor Bates Gill on Watson's new Quarterly Essay on American Politics in the Time of Trump. Manning Clark Lecture Theatre 3, 6pm. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415.
September 14: Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow by Suzanne Falkiner will be launched in the National Library Australia Conference Room, Level 4, at 6pm. Free admission. nla.gov.au.
September 14: The next Poetry at the House reading at University House at 8pm will feature Geoff Goodfellow from Adelaide and Nigel Roberts from Sydney. Dinner is available from 6.30pm. Admission $10 waged, $5 unwaged. Bookings: gpage40@bigpond.net.au
September 16: Dr Chris Kavelin's book Nudges From Grandfather introduces some Indigenous ways of being. It will be launched at Harry Hartog Woden at 6pm. RSVP: 6232 5832, or visit us in store.
September 19: In an ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author event, Graeme Simsion will follow his two Rosie Project books with his new novel The Best of Adam Sharp. Manning Clark Lecture Theatre 2, 6.30pm. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415.
September 15: David Marr will talk about the key challenge of modern biographers – what do they do with themselves in their writing? – at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1, at 6pm. Admission free. nla.gov.au.
September 23: Rock star Jimmy Barnes will be signing copies of his autobiography Working Class Boy at Westfield Woden Centre Court, hosted by Harry Hartog Woden, at 12.30pm.
September 25: At Muse Canberra at 3pm, genre fiction writers Sulari Gentill, Kaaron Warren and Sean Williams will talk. Tickets $10, includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au
September 29: Fantasy writer Garth Nix will discuss his new novel Goldenhand at the National Library of Australia Theatre, Lower Ground 1 at 6pm. Tickets $15 includes refreshments and book signing. nla.gov.au.
October 8: Indonesian author Leila S. Chudori will talk about her novel, Home or as the Indonesian edition is titled, Pulang, at the Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie, at 4pm. Admission by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. RSVP by October 7 to 6251 5191.
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