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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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.
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.
A recent public gathering at Canberra’s Christians for an Ethical Society questioned where contemporary politics is heading, and prompted a range of views and enthusiastic responses and lively debate. Chaired by Australian politics and government expert, Emeritus Professor Dr John Warhurst AO, the forum centred on: Why has politics become so adversarial; Why can’t we communicate with each other; Why has politics gone off the rails. … Read more.
Opening at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery on 30 November (until 2 March 2025), Carol Jerrems: Portraits, features the works of one of Australia’s most influential photographers, the late Carol Jerrems. Comprised of more than 140 photographs, it includes photographs of leading Australian cultural figures such as: the late Roberta (Bobbi) Sykes, author and poet, indigenous rights campaigner and human and women’s rights activist; former World No 1 tennis player, Evonne Goolagong; writer, columnist, leading feminist and editor and publisher, Anne Summers; fashion designer, Linda Jackson; musician and television and radio personality, Red Symons; the late Shirley Strachan, singer, songwriter, radio and television presenter. … Read more.
This week, former ABC journalist Alex Sloan, will be in conversation with author Helen Ennis about Ennis’s latest book, Max Dupain: A Portrait, at the National Library of Australia. A highly-renowned Australian modernist photographer, Dupain (1911-1992) was born in Sydney, initially becoming interested in photography as a 13-year-old, later completing various studies and tertiary degrees and opening his own Sydney studio in 1934. … Read more.
A recent highlight among National Library of Australia author talks was that of Christabel Blackman, focusing on her book, Charles & Barbara Blackman: A decade of art and love, about her late parents, Barbara, the highly-regarded artist, broadcaster, essayist, librettist, poet and patron of the arts, and highly-renowned artist, Charles Blackman. … Read more.