Books, reading & writing

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Texts in the City: One Night the Moon / Media

3 Aug 2020

News

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Working with Words: Libby Butler / Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Libby Butler

Podcast episode

The Fifth Estate

Kerry O'Brien / Biography & memoir

20 Apr 2020

News

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Working with Words: Laura McPhee-Browne / Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Laura McPhee-Browne

Janette Turner Hospital: Turbulent Voices / Books, reading & writing

With Janette Turner Hospital and Jo Case

5 Sep 2016

Past event

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Crabb and Marr: Power and Personality / Australian politics

With Annabel Crabb and David Marr

12 Oct 2012

Past event

Destroying the Joint / Sexual & gender politics

With Karen Pickering, Jacinda Woodhead, Stephanie Convery and 1 other

Rene Redzepi / Food

9 Sep 2014

Past event

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Karen Joy Fowler: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves / Books, reading & writing

With Karen Joy Fowler and Hilary Harper

Australian Literature 101: Kate Grenville: Lilian’s Story / Australian stories

28 Apr 2011

News

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Tale of Colonial Violence Wins Vogel / Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

3 Nov 2013

Past event

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The Pop Up Festival of Dangerous Ideas

David Simon: Some People Are More Equal Than Others / Crime & pulp

With David Simon

Podcast episode

Cover image for of Housekeeping #3: No-Shows

The Wheeler Centre

Housekeeping #3: No-Shows / Australian politics

21 May 2017

Past event

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Family and Fiction: Anne Enright / Fiction

With Anne Enright and Pamela Paul

Gary Shteyngart: Little Failure / Fiction

4 Mar 2011

World Book Night Schism / Editing, publishing & book design

By Alex Landragin

Tomorrow is World Book Night in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Billed as “the most ambitious and far-reaching celebration of adult books and reading ever attempted in the UK and Ireland”, the event follows up on World Book Day, which was yesterday in the UK and on April 23 almost everywhere else. The brainchild of Jamie Byng of Canongate, the event kicks off tonight…

7 May 2018

News