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Thursday 13 June 2013 at 5:30pm

2013-05-21T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thursday 13 June 2013 at 5:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>Join us for the launch of <em>A Schizophrenic to Strindberg: An Unanswered Letter</em>, Paul Fearne’s epistolary novel addressed to the famous nineteenth-century playwright August Strindberg.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> 7373

Thursday 11 April 2013 at 6:00pm

2013-04-03T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thursday 11 April 2013 at 6:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>Kate Richards and Dr Ranjana Srivastava will talk about Kate’s new book, <em><a href= "http://www.readings.com.au/product/9780670074778/kate-richards-madness-a-memoir"> Madness: A Memoir</a></em>. The event will be followed by an optional tour of The Dax Centre Gallery, which aims to foster a greater understanding of mental illness through art. Gallery open till 8pm.</p> <p>Gold coin donation. Please book on 9347 1749 or at events@readings.com.au.</p> 7332

Tuesday 23 April 2013 at 6:30pm

2013-03-20T00:00:00Z <p><em>Tuesday 23 April 2013 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>This event has been cancelled.</p> 7331

Tuesday 23 April 2013 at 5:30pm

2013-03-20T00:00:00Z <p><em>Tuesday 23 April 2013 at 5:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>This event has been cancelled.</p> 7214

Tuesday 12 March 2013 at 6:30pm

2013-02-19T00:00:00Z <p><em>Tuesday 12 March 2013 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>Earlier this year, <em>Age</em> investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker were ordered by the Supreme Court to take the witness box and be questioned over a confidential source. They’ll talk with Margaret Simons and Peter Bartlett about the importance of confidentiality in today’s media.</p> <p>This event is organised by Readings and <a href= "http://www.caj.unimelb.edu.au/">Centre for Advanced Journalism</a>, presented as a New News event.</p> <p>Gold coin donation.</p> <p>Please book on 9347 1749 or at events@readings.com.au.</p> 6854

Tuesday 04 December 2012 at 5:30pm

2012-10-22T00:00:00Z <p><em>Tuesday 04 December 2012 at 5:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>Economist Pavan Sukhdev returns to Australia to share his vision of a global green economy at the launch of his latest book <em><a href= "http://www.readings.com.au/product/9781610912389/pavan-sukhdev-corporation-2020-transforming-business-for-tomorrow-s-world"> Corporation 2020</a></em>.</p> <p>From his insightful look into the history of the corporation to his thoughtful discussion of the steps needed to craft a better corporate model, Sukhdev offers a hopeful vision for the role of business in shaping a more equitable, sustainable future.</p> <p>Free, no need to book.</p> 6838

Wednesday 07 November 2012 at 6:30pm

2012-10-22T00:00:00Z <p><em>Wednesday 07 November 2012 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>Join us for the year that was with a panel that is, as Maxine McKew (<em><a href= "http://www.readings.com.au/product/9780522862218/maxine-mckew-tales-from-the-political-trenches">Tales From The Political Trenches</a></em>) and James Button (<em><a href="http://www.readings.com.au/product/9780522858587/james-button-speechless-a-year-in-my-father-s-business">Speechless</a></em>) discuss the state of political discourse in Australia.</p> <p>Free, but please book on 9347 1749 or at events@readings.com.au.</p> <p><img alt="monthly-talks" src="http://www.readings.com.au:80/system/uploads/assets/0002/9067/monthly-talks.jpg" /></p> 6855

Thursday 06 December 2012 at 6:00pm

2012-10-22T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thursday 06 December 2012 at 6:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>Valerie Volk’s collection, <em>Even Grimmer Tales</em>, takes the already dark world of the Brothers Grimm to places that even the original storytellers could not have envisaged.</p> <p>Professor Doreen Rosenthal will be the guest speaker at the launch.</p> <p>Free, no need to book.</p> 6351

Wednesday 18 July 2012 at 6:30pm

2012-06-22T00:00:00Z <p><em>Wednesday 18 July 2012 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings The Brain Centre: Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Melbourne </em></p><p>We are fortunate to have activist Nina Haider; spokesperson for Australians for Syria Robert Bekhazi; blogger Susan Dirgham; Dr Said Ajlouni, spokesperson for the Australian Syrian Association in Melbourne and Firas Massouh, Anti-Assad Regime Activist and Doctoral Candidate, The School of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Melbourne and Hanan Marouf, Melbourne designer and Syrian expatriate to talk to us about what is happening in Syria and why at our new Brain Centre shop.</p> <p>Bookings essential: please call 9347 1749 or <a href= "mailto:events@readings.com.au">email</a>.</p>