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Texts in the City

Studying a book or film can be a short-cut to consigning it to boredom. But our Texts in the City series – a gift to students, their teachers and lifelong learners – brings the VCE English and Literature lists to life.

Each week, our hosts – authors Lili Wilkinson and Tony Birch – will interview experts intimately familiar with the texts, unearthing those hidden gems that could help your essay shine.

Good luck to all VCE English and Literature students in 2013.

Supported by the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English

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Past Events

Texts in the City

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Irfan Yusuf

Past event

25 Jun

Texts in the City

The Player

Thomas Caldwell

Past event

18 Jun

Texts in the City

Tirra Lirra by the River

Rosalie Ham

Past event

11 Jun

Texts in the City

Interpreter of Maladies

Paddy O'Reilly

Past event

4 Jun

Texts in the City

Wuthering Heights

Alison Croggon

Past event

28 May

Texts in the City

Dear America

Barry Heard

Past event

21 May

Texts in the City

Jane Eyre

Lili Wilkinson, Carmel Bird

Past event

14 May

Texts in the City

Twelve Angry Men

Tony Birch, Chris Mead

Past event

7 May

Texts in the City

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Josh Nelson

Past event

30 Apr

Texts in the City

One Night the Moon

Kaarin Fairfax, Tony Birch

Past event

23 Apr

Texts in the City

Things We Didn't See Coming

Tony Birch, Emmett Stinson

Past event

16 Apr

Texts in the City

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Lili Wilkinson, Ailsa Piper

Past event

26 Mar

Texts in the City

Persuasion

Lili Wilkinson, Laura Carroll

Past event

19 Mar

Texts in the City

Gwen Harwood: Selected Poems

Kevin Brophy, Tony Birch

Past event

12 Mar

Texts in the City

A Christmas Carol

Lili Wilkinson, Phil Zachariah

Past event

5 Mar

Texts in the City

Stasiland

Melinda Harvey, Lili Wilkinson

Past event

26 Feb

Texts in the City

Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Josephine Rowe, Tony Birch

Past event

19 Feb

Texts in the City

Brooklyn

Tony Birch, Corrie Perkin

Past event

12 Feb

Texts in the City

Atonement

Estelle Tang, Andrew McDonald

Past event

19 Jun

Texts in the City

The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif

Robert Hillman, Ruby Murray, Najaf Mazari

Past event

12 Jun

Texts in the City

Paradise Road

Thomas Caldwell, Andrew McDonald

Past event

5 Jun

Texts in the City

Two Brothers

Stephen Armstrong, Ruby Murray

Past event

29 May

Texts in the City

A Farewell to Arms

Andrew McDonald, Jane Sullivan

Past event

22 May

Texts in the City

Moral Disorder

Carmel Bird, Ruby Murray

Past event

15 May

Texts in the City

A Streetcar Named Desire

Past event

8 May

Texts in the City

A Christmas Carol

Grace Moore, Ruby Murray

Past event

1 May

Texts in the City

Collected Poems of Gwen Harwood

Andrew McDonald, Bel Schenk

Past event

24 Apr

Texts in the City

The Quiet American

Andrew McDonald, Emmett Stinson

Past event

17 Apr

Texts in the City

Cosi

Lorin Clarke, Ruby Murray

Past event

27 Mar

Texts in the City

Interpreter of Maladies

Ruby Murray

Past event

20 Mar

Texts in the City

Ransom

Peter Rose, Ruby Murray

Past event

13 Mar

Texts in the City

Growing Up Asian in Australia

Andrew McDonald, Benjamin Law

Past event

6 Mar

Texts in the City

Year of Wonders

Toni Jordan, Ruby Murray

Past event

28 Feb

Texts in the City

The Crucible

Tanya Goldberg, Andrew McDonald

Past event

21 Feb

Texts in the City

On the Waterfront

Thomas Caldwell, Ruby Murray

Past event

14 Feb

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - A Streetcar Named Desire

Hannie Rayson, Tony Wilson

Past event

17 May

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - The Secret River

Tony Birch, Tony Wilson

Past event

28 Jun

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - On the Waterfront

Margaret Pomeranz, David Stratton

Past event

21 Jun

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Twelve Angry Men

Tony Wilson, Lorin Clarke

Past event

14 Jun

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Year of Wonders

Matthia Dempsey, Jenny Niven

Past event

7 Jun

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Great Short Works

Jenny Niven

Past event

31 May

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Ransom

Jenny Niven, Peter Rose

Past event

24 May

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Things We Didn’t See Coming

Louise Swinn, Jenny Niven

Past event

10 May

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Life of Pi

Jenny Niven, Peter Mews

Past event

5 Apr

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Richard III

Judith Rodriguez, Jenny Niven

Past event

3 May

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Cosi

Barry Otto

Past event

29 Mar

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Dreams from My Father

Glenn Moore, Jenny Niven

Past event

22 Mar

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Witness

Mac Gudgeon

Past event

15 Mar

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - The Crucible

Tony Wilson, William Henderson

Past event

8 Mar

Texts in the City

Texts in the City - Maestro

Stephanie Trigg, Tony Wilson

Past event

1 Mar
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