Highlights from our October event program
Events Manager Chris Gordon shares her top five picks from our September event calendar.
Alex Miller on The Simplest Words
We are delighted to have award-winning author Alex Miller and his wife Stephanie joining us on the very day his latest work is released. The Simplest Words is a selection of short pieces – both fiction and non-fiction – from one of Australia’s greatest literary treasures. While you enjoy a two-course meal and matching wine, Miller will discuss his work with Professor Raimond Gaita.
When? 6.30pm, Wednesday 21 October
Where? Crabapple Kitchen, 659 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
Bookings? Tickets are $95 and include a signed first edition of The Simplest Words, two-course meal and matching wine. Please book here.
George Megalogenis on Australia’s Second Chance
Weaving history into a rollicking tale, George Megalogenis chronicles the waves of immigration from the First Fleet onwards, decoding economics and demography to advance this new insight into our history, and our future. Australia’s Second Chance explores how we shut the doors to immigration, tried to hoard what we had and entered almost a hundred years of decline.
When? 6.30pm, Monday 26 Octobe
Where? Readings Hawthorn
Bookings? Tickets are $5 per person. Please book here.
Gerald Murnane in conversation with Craig Sherborne
In Something for the Pain, Gerald Murnane tells the story of his life through the lens of horse racing. His memoir is candid, droll and moving – a treat for lovers of literature and of the turf. He will be joined in conversation by Craig Sherborne.
When? 6.30pm, Monday 26 October
Where? Readings Carlton
Bookings? Free but please book here.
Charlotte Wood in conversation with Paddy O'Reilly
Charlotte Wood will talk about her new novel with Paddy O’Reilly. The Natural Way of Things is a gripping, starkly imaginative exploration of contemporary misogyny and corporate control, and of what it means to hunt and be hunted.
When? 6.30pm, Wednesday 28 October
Where? Readings Hawthorn
Bookings? Free, but please book here.
Debra Adelaide in conversation with Christine Gordon
Debra Adelaide’s new novel, The Women’s Pages, is about the choices and compromises women must make, their griefs and losses, and their need to fill in the absent spaces where other women should have been.
When? 6.30pm, Thursday 29 October
Where? Readings Hawthorn
Bookings? Free, but please book here.
