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2010-09-01 16:49:59

Event - Sydney by Delia Falconer

Sydney by Delia Falconer will be discussed at Gleebooks by Delia and Geordie Williamson. Location and date: 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe on Monday, October 18 at 18:30. Further details at www.gleebooks.com.au or phone 02 9660 2333.

2010-09-01 15:17:55
Launch of People Power

People Power by George Williams and David Hume will be launched at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe on Thursday, November 18 at 18:30. Further details at www.gleebooks.com.au or phone 02 9660 2333.

2010-09-01 15:11:09
Launch of Culture Crisis

Culture Crisis by Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson will be launched at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe on Monday, November 8 at 18:30. Further details at www.gleebooks.com.au or phone 02 9660 2333.

2010-09-01 15:01:35
QLD Premier's Literary Award 2010

Congratulations to Ian Hoskins for winning the History Award at the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2010, announced August 31, for Sydney Harbour: A History

2010-08-11 16:29:55
Authors attending The Melbourne Writer's Festival

The Melbourne Writer's Festival will be held from August 27 to September 5, 2010
Featured authors include: Perminder Sachdev (The Yipping Tiger), Brendan Gleeson (Lifeboat Cities), Adrian Franklin (Collecting the 20th Century), Melissa Harper (Symbols of Australia), Ross Fitzgerald (My Name is Ross), and Craig Mathieson (Playlisted)
For further information please visit www.mwf.com.au

2010-08-11 16:29:47
Authors attending The Brisbane Writer's Festival

The Brisbane Writer's Festival will be held from September 1 to September 5, 2010
Featured authors include: Hamish McDonald (Mahabharata in Polyester), Matthew Condon (Brisbane), Ross Fitzgerald (My Name is Ross), Perminder Sachdev (The Yipping Tiger), and Brendan Gleeson (Lifeboat Cities). For further information please visit www.bwf.org.au

2010-08-11 16:29:34
Dealing with the Media Launch

The launch of Dealing with the Media, by Chris Rau
Sydney
WHEN: 18:00, 20 August 2010
WHERE: Gleebooks Bookstore, 49 Glebe Point Road Glebe

Further Details: www.gleebooks.com.au, or phone: (02) 9660 2333

2010-08-11 16:29:02
Book Launch: Vanda and Young

Vanda and Young by John Tait will be launched at Yah Yahs Bar - 99 Smith Street, Fitzroy
Saturday September 4, 2010 from 19:30. Lots of bands (thus a $10 cover charge)

2010-07-28 16:05:22
Launch of HIV in China

HIV in China by Heather Worth and Jing Jun will be launched in The Pavilion at The University of NSW on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from 16:00
RSVP to c.rofe@unsw.edu.au by August 9

2010-07-28 16:05:08
Events for Brisbane

Brisbane by Matt Condon will be launched at: The Avid Reader Bookstore in Brisbane on Thursday, August 5, 2010. Please visit www.avidreader.com for further details.

An In Conversation event (with Stuart Glover) will take place - at Coaldrake's The Barracks Bookstore (61 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane) - on Thursday, August 12, 2010 (18:00).
To book (cost $10/$8 concession) please call 07 3367 8526. Further details at www.coaldrakes.com

2010-07-09 11:37:35
Book Launch - Money and Politics

The launch of Money and Politics by Joo-Cheong Tham will take place as part of a public forum at The Melbourne Law School. The chair is Professor Keith Ewing (King's College, London) and other panellists include: Daryl Melham MP, Michael O'Brien MP, Lee Rhiannon, Joel Fetter, and Royce Millar. When: 18:00, August 3, 2010 Where: Room 920, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton RSVP to (03) 8344 8924

2010-06-01 10:33:41
UNSW Press Authors Attending Reality Bites Festival

The Reality Bites Writer's Festival will be held from July 24 to August 1, 2010 on The Sunshine Coast. Featured authors include:
Perminder Sachdev (The Yipping Tiger), Paul Valent (In Two Minds), Brendan Gleeson (Lifeboat Cities), and Mark Treddinick (The Little Black Book of Business Writing).
For further information please visit www.realitybites3.blogspot.com

2010-06-01 10:33:08
UNSW Press - Australian Book Industry Awards

UNSW Press has been shortlisted for 2 prestigious prizes in The 2010 Australian Book Industry awards (to be announced June 30):
* Small Publisher of the Year
* International Success of the Year (for Fishes of the Open Ocean by Julian Pepperell)

2010-06-01 10:32:18
Launches of Ninety Not Out

Ninety Not Out: The Nationals 1920 to 2010, written by Paul Davey, will be launched at the following venues:
Old Parliament House by The Hon Warren Truss at 18.00 Friday June 18, 2010 (by invitation)
The Sydney Institute - 18:00, Thursday July 15, 2010
NSW Nationals Annual General Conference (Tamworth Town Hall) - July 2/3, 2010
Liberal National Party Queensland Annual Convention (Brisbane Hilton Hotel) - Friday, July 16, 2010.

2010-05-28 13:22:11
Launches for A Three-Cornered Life

A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock by Jim Davidson will be launched at the following venues:
The National Centre of Biography (ANU) in Canberra - launcher: Gareth Evans - Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 17:30.
Readings Bookstore Carlton (Melbourne) - launcher: Robert Manne - Thursday, July 15, 2010 (for further details see www.readings.com.au).

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