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Events
I am Melba Sunday Conversations at Glenfern event Ann Blainey in conversation with Morag Fraser. Date: Sunday 18 May |
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Growing Up Asian in Australia Launch at the Sydney Writers' Festival Join us and hear Alice Pung speak about this diverse, entertaining collection and enjoy readings by contributors Kylie Kwong, Ivy Tseng and Tanveer Ahmed. Alice Pung is a writer and lawyer. Her best-selling memoir Unpolished Gem won the 2007 Newcomer of the Year award and was shortlisted for a number of awards including the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Kylie Kwong is a chef, restaurateur, television presenter and author. Ivy Tseng lives in western Sydney and is currently studying for the HSC. Tanveer Ahmed is a psychiatry registrar, writer, comedian and former television journalist. Date: Saturday 24 May 2008 This event is open to the public as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival – please arrive early. Melbourne Event Join editor, Alice Pung and local contributors Tom Cho, Tony Ayres and Shalini Akhil as they discuss this irreverent collection with Triple J's John Safran. Alice Pung is a writer and lawyer. Her best-selling memoir Unpolished Gem won the 2007 Newcomer of the Year award and was shortlisted for a number of awards including the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Tom Cho is a writer whose work has been published widely, most recently in HEAT and the Best Australian Stories series. Tony Ayres wrote and directed the feature film The Home Song Stories (2007) and directed Walking on Water (2002). Shalini Akhil is a writer who has dabbled in stand-up comedy. She has had work published in Meanjin, Girls Night In 4, the Sleepers Almanac and the Age. Her first novel is The Bollywood Beauty. Date: Tuesday 3 June Canberra Event Join contributors Joo-Inn Chew and Kenneth Chan for a panel discussion regarding Growing Up Asian in Australia. Joo-Inn Chew works in general practice and refugee health in Canberra. Kenneth Chan was a diplomat, Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and a member of the Refugee Review Tribunal.
Date: Wednesday 4 June Brisbane Launch Join editor Alice Pung and local contributors Benjamin Law, Michelle Law and Mei Yen Chua for the Brisbane launch of this irreverent collection. Alice Pung is a writer and lawyer. Her best-selling memoir Unpolished Gem won the 2007 Newcomer of the Year award and was shortlisted for a number of awards including the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Benjamin Law is a senior contributor for frankie magazine. Michelle Law is currently studying for a Bachelor of Creative Writing in Brisbane. May Yen Chua is a freelance writer and book indexer and is compiling a cheap food guide to Brisbane for publication in late 2008. Date: Thursday 12 June Contributor Benjamin Law will also be taking part in earlier event at Avid Reader on Thursday 29 May, in conjunction with the Queensland Writers' Centre. Please visit the QWC website for further details: www.qwc.asn.au Perth Event Alice Pung will be discussing the Growing Up Asian in Australia collection Date: Tuesday 17 June |
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Sydney Writers' Festival 19 - 25 May 2008 The following Black Inc. authors are attending the Sydney Writers' Festival in 2008: James Boyce (Van Diemen's Land), Gideon Haigh (Green and Golden Age, All Out and Silent Revolutions), Tanya Levin (People in Glass Houses), Robert Manne (Dear Mr. Rudd and Left, Right, Left), Alice Pung (Unpolished Gem and Growing Up Asian in Australia), Craig Sherborne (Hoi Polloi, Necessary Evil and Muck) and Sally Warhaft (Well May We Say). Click here to visit the Sydney Writers' Festival website for further information.
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Pilgrimage – A Traveller’s Guide to Australia’s Battlefields by Garrie Hutchinson Garrie Hutchinson, award-winning author of Pilgrimage – A Traveller’s Guide to Australia’s Battlefields and Gallipoli: The Pilgrimage Guide, will be taking travellers on a unique journey through North Africa and the Middle East in October 2008. The tour combines Australia's legendary WW1 and WW2 sites with the ancient wonders of Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Israel. Please visit www.pilgrimage.com.au or email info@pilgrimage.com.au for further information.
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