Books, reading & writing

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3 May 2018

Past event

Mayhem

André Aciman / Fiction

With André Aciman and Dennis Altman

25 May 2016

Past event

Jonathan Franzen / Books, reading & writing

With Jonathan Franzen and Jonathan Green

5 Mar 2018

News

Promo image for Working with Words: Jean Tong

Working with Words: Jean Tong / Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Jean Tong

25 Jul 2016

Past event

The Wheeler Centre at The Toff

Howl / Books, reading & writing

With Darrin Archer and Maxine Beneba Clarke

Griffith Review - Rebel, Public Nuisance and Dreamer: Julian Assange Standing Alone / Privacy & security

With Barbara Gunnell and Margaret Simons

12 Apr 2011

Past event

Promo image for Sir Terry Pratchett - ‘Imagination, not intelligence, made us human’

Sir Terry Pratchett - ‘Imagination, not intelligence, made us human’ / Fiction

With Terry Pratchett

9 Jul 2019

Past event

Promo image for Pass it On: Preserving Australian Indigenous Languages

Pass it On: Preserving Australian Indigenous Languages / Words & language

With Daniel Browning, Aaron Fa'aoso, Fay Stewart-Muir and 3 others

Podcast episode

Cover image for of Rebecca Traister: Good and Mad

The Wheeler Centre

Rebecca Traister: Good and Mad / Sex & gender

1 Aug 2011

Past event

Two Sides of the Story

Beyond the Couplet / Poetry

With Cate Kennedy and Craig Sherborne

17 Sep 2014

News

Promo image for Refusing Not to See: On Kylie Ladd's Mothers and Daughters

Refusing Not to See: On Kylie Ladd’s Mothers and Daughters / Australian stories

By Jo Case

6 Apr 2011

Launch of Australian Book Review’s Online Edition / Books, reading & writing

By Alex Landragin

The Australian Book Review has launched on online edition. Although ABR has long had a website with magazine information and excerpts, the online edition marks a new stage in the magazine’s online presence, “an enhanced version of the magazine” that can be read on any web-browsing device. Access to ABR OE is available by purchasing a single issue, by annual subscription, or by paying…

28 Mar 2018

Past event

Promo image for Corrective Memory: Writing Women Back into History

Corrective Memory: Writing Women Back into History / History

With Gab Ryan, Ali Alizadeh, Odette Kelada and 1 other

Podcast episode

Cover image for of Take It From Me: Queer Edition

The Wheeler Centre

Take It From Me: Queer Edition / Sex & relationships

Tom Stoppard / Books, reading & writing

18 Jun 2010

News

Promo image for Joel Magarey on the Prism of Darkness

Joel Magarey on the Prism of Darkness / New & emerging writers

Something To Believe In: Spirituality and Faith / Books, reading & writing

5 Jul 2011

Amazon Swallows Book Depository / Editing, publishing & book design

By Alex Landragin

Amazon has announced that it will be buying out online UK bookseller Book Depository. The move will give Amazon a virtual monopoly of online sales of print books in many countries. Founded in 2004, Book Depository has established a dedicated customer base in Australia and many other countries because of its ‘free shipping’, a feature it offers to some 90 countries worldwide, making it…