GHOSTHUNTERS: THE MAKING OF GHOSTOLOGY
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Australian writer and former Canberran Craig Dent will be in Canberra from April 4 to 8 to provide insights into the making of his new poetry book ghostology. including an interactive analysis of selected photos and poems. For enquiries and bookings email craig@craigdent.com.au or phone 0467 611396.
THE 2016 JOLLEY PRIZE
Entries are open for the 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize with a first prize of $7000. Entries must be a single-authored short story of between 2000 and 5000 words, written in English. Entries close at midnight on April 11. See: australianbookreview.com.au.
What's on
April 2: At Muse Canberra from 3.30pm, celebrate International Children's Book Day and Hans Christian Andersen's birthday with Irma Gold, Tania McCartney and Tony Flowers with readings, on-the-spot-drawings and colouring in. $10 a child with one accompanying adult free who gets a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
April 3: At Muse Canberra at 3.30pm in Fact into Fiction, Eleanor Limprecht and David Dyer will be unravelling the relationship between fiction and historical fact with books set in Sydney 1900s and the time of the Titanic sinking. Admission $10 includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
April 6: At Muse Canberra at 6pm, Inga Simpson launches her new novel, Where the Trees Were, that touches on cultural appropriation and the emotional repercussions of childhood acts. Admission $10 includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
April 7: At Paperchain Bookstore Manuka at 5.45 for 6pm, Brian and Marion McConnell, authors of The Drug Law Wars: Twenty years of families fighting at the front, will be in conversation with former Canberra Times journalist Graham Downie. RSVP telephone 6295 6723.
April 8: Eat, drink and be artistic with cultural icon Ken Done who will be speaking about his autobiography, A Life Coloured In. University House Hall, ANU. 7pm. $70 for a two- course meal and wine. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or call 6125 8415.
April 10: At Muse Canberra at 3.30pm, memoirist Jo Case talks with poet Melinda Smith about what an Aspergers diagnosis meant for her child, herself and her understanding of the workings of her own family. Admission $10 includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
April 12 – In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, historian Henry Reynolds will be speaking on his new book, Unnecessary Wars, analysing Australia's involvement in conflicts since the Boer War. It's on at Theatre 2, Manning Clark Centre, ANU at 6.30pm. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or call 6125 8415.
April 17: At Muse Canberra at 3.30pm novelists Aoife Clifford and Emily Maguire in conversation with Mark Henshaw will explore the media's obession with dead girls, "closure", crime and secrets. Admission $10 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.
April 24: TV chef and presenter Justine Schofield will be in conversation with Canberra Times food editor Natasha Rudra on Dinner With Justine, Justine's debut cookbook at University House Hall, ANU, at 7pm. $65 for a two-course meal and wine . Bookings: unihouse.anu.edu.au/events/meet-the-chef-justine-schofield.
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