Author, Susannah Fullerton, has a special interest in Jane Austen, and has written many books about her, but Susannah’s latest book, Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them, is an ode to cats and the inspiration they’ve provided for their owners who also happened to be great writers, and cat lovers. … Read more.
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Life in Canberra
This week independent advocate for the adoption of renewable energy and electrification, David Glynne Jones, will be presenting at Manning Clark House on three key aspects of the transition from the fossil-energy economy to the future economy based on renewable energy and electrification. Included in his presentation will be comparisons of energy, and economic efficiencies, and discussion on the emergence of new low-emission export products to replace diminishing exports of fossil-energy resources. … Read more.
The ABC’s Sunday morning Insiders program went live recently at Canberra’s National Press Club, as part of this year’s Canberra Writers Festival. And it was a very enjoyable and lively evening. Hundreds of Canberra political junkies whose Sunday morning staple diet includes watching Insiders were able to hear the views of some top political journalists and cartoonists, who covered many events related to domestic and international politics. … Read more.
This year’s Canberra Writers Festival (22-26 October) promises to be another wonderful event, featuring a wide selection of storytellers with their own tales to tell. Apart from panel discussions, author talks, book launches, dinners, performances and a range of master classes on offer, there’s also events for children and young adults. … Read more.
Spring has almost sprung as Canberra’s renowned Floriade gets into action on 13 September (until 12 October) with this year’s theme, Art in Bloom, highlights including artistic horticultural displays, live entertainment, markets and workshops. Located in its usual spot of Commonwealth Park daily 9.30am-5.30pm. entry is free. And a Nightfest (2-5 October), will be offering after-dark entertainment and illuminations. … Read more.
Award-winning biographer and political historian, emeritus professor, Judith Brett AM, recently discussed her latest book, Fearless Beatrice Faust: Sex, Feminism and Body Politics, with highly-acclaimed Canberra journalist, broadcaster and former ABC News Anchor, Virginia Haussegger AM, at the ANU’s Kambri Centre. A staunch civil-rights activist, advocate for women’s rights, feminist, academic, writer and intellectual, Beatrice Faust founded the Women’s Electoral Lobby in Melbourne in 1972, an organisation of women whose initiatives in the lead-up to the 1972 federal election included surveying and highlighting the stances of political candidates on issues relevant to women. … Read more.
Writer, award-winning broadcaster, lawyer and research professor at Monash University and Adelaide University’s JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, Steve Vizard, gave a very interesting and informative presentation recently at the ANU’s Kambri Centre. Speaking about his latest book, Nation, Memory, Myth. Gallipoli and the Australian Imaginary, Professor Vizard described how it shows the power of symbolism and myth in unifying a nation and its citizens. … Read more.
For Canberrans (and others) making their way along the Hume Highway, Michael McGirr’s Bypass: The Story of a Road, is not only very informative, but also entertaining. Former teacher, and academic, essayist and former Jesuit priest, Michael has outlined his experience and that of his partner, Jenny, in cycling from Sydney to Melbourne some 20 years’ ago. … Read more.
The undulating hills around the delightful NSW village, Millthorpe, in the Blayney Shire (on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people), will resonate this Easter with the sounds of opera. The former artistic director of Opera Australia and opera baritone, Lyndon Terracini, and his wife, Swiss soprano Noemi Nadelmann, are hosting the inaugural Handa Opera at the Millthorpe festival. … Read more.
Canberra is surrounded by many delightful places including towns and villages in the Yass Valley on the lands of the Ngunnawal people. Roughly an hour’s drive from Canberra along the Barton Highway, the small town of Yass boasts a number of attractions: art galleries, well-kept parks and picnic spots, various accommodation options, great cafes and eateries, boutiques, home décor shops, supermarkets, pharmacies and a newsagent. … Read more.