Tuesday 16 August
Marea Stenmark talks about the surprising joys of illness that inspired her book This is Living! - The Joys of Illness. Find out how you can encourage, cheer and comfort people with a life threatening illness and add value to the role of the carer. Booking essential. Time: 10:30am-12:00pm Aug 16 Cost: $5 Venue: Crows Nest Centre, 2 Ernest Place, Crows Nest Bookings: Crows Nest Community Centre www.crowsnestcentre.com (02) 9439 5122 Jeffrey Watson is a journalist and TV reporter with a passion for aviation. He introduces his new book Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot based on the life of WWII pilot Clive 'Killer' Caldwell. Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm Aug 16 Cost: Free Venue: Stanton Library, 239 Miller Street, North Sydney Enquiries: Stanton Library www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au 02 9936 8400 Sassy protagonist, detective Phryne Fisher, has starred in 15 novels in Kerry Greenwood's popular crime series set in 1920s Melbourne. Her other girl, super-sleuth Corinna Chapman, stars in two thrillers (Earthly delights and Heavenly pleasures). Greenwood chats about keeping her super characters alive in her popular detective series. Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm Aug 16 Cost: $16.50/$11 members Venue: The Galleries, State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney Bookings: State Library of NSW
www.sl.nsw.gov.au (02) 9273 1770
Wednesday 17 August
Trapped in the besieged compound of the UN in Indonesia at the end of the Suharto reign; Foreign Correspondent Richard Lloyd Parry recounts these harrowing experiences in his book In The Time of Madness. Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm Aug 17 Cost: $20/$10 Members/$5 Assoc./$10 conc. Venue: Glover Cottages, 124 Kent St, Sydney Enquiries: Aust. Institute of International Affairs www.aiiansw.org.au 02 9247
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Award-winning author, Kate Grenville, discusses her latest book The Secret River, about a man - no better and no worse than most - who finds himself becoming a killer. Kate Grenville won the prestigious Orange Prize for her earlier novel, The Idea of Perfection, in 2002. Time: 7:00pm Aug 17 Cost: $7.70 conc./$5.50 Venue: Mosman Library, 605 Military Rd, Mosman Bookings: Mosman Library www.mosman.nsw.gov.au 02 9978 4090
Thursday 18 August
Journey with Kate Llewellyn, Bunty Avieson and Marion Halligan as they explore travel writing with a difference. They have visited surprising places across various continents and their personal memoirs give a unique edge to travel writing, where readers become part of the journey. Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm Aug 18 Cost: $16.50, $11 Venue: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney Bookings: State Library of NSW www.sl.nsw.gov.au (02) 9273 1770
Matthew Reilly - Hell's Island 1.30pm - 2.30pm Sydney CBD - Pitt Street Mall, LGF - Imperial Arcade 168-174 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney , NSW 2000 Ph: 02 9235 1188 A Books Alive! event.
Friday 19 August
Andrew Gaze - The Andrew Gaze Story 12.30pm Sydney CBD - Pitt Street Mall, LGF - Imperial Arcade 168-174 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney , NSW 2000 Ph: 02 9235 1188
Wednesday 24 August
Jeffrey Watson talks about his new book, Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot, based on the life of Clive Caldwell, ace flyer during World War II. Time: 12:30pm-1:15pm Aug 24 Cost: Free Venue: Willoughby Civic Centre, 409 Victoria Av, Chatswood Bookings: Willoughby City Council www.willoughby.nsw.gov 02 9777 7900
Thursday 25 August
Join a discussion on Australia's policies on immigration, asylum and the detention of refugees, their impacts on detainees and deportees and on us. Discussion led by Phil
Glendinning, director of the Edmund Rice Centre, and author of Deported to Danger. Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm Aug 25 Cost: $10/$5 unwaged Venue: Mosman Art Gallery & Community Centre, Cnr Myahgah Rd & Short St, (near Spit Junction), Mosman Bookings: North Shore Peace & Democracy www.sydneypeace.com (02) 9960 2523
Sunday 28 August
Carlotta, one of Australia's best-known entertainers, and her biographer Prue MacSween, author of Carlotta: I'm Not That Kind of Girl, join Rachel Kent, Senior Curator to explore the blurred boundary between reality and fiction in the interview
process. Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm Aug 28 Cost: $15/$10 members/$12 conc. Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George Street, Sydney Bookings: Museum of Contemporary Art www.mca.com.au (02) 9245 2484
Monday 29 August
A crime fiction double header. Jane Goodall discusses her new Detective Briony Williams
thriller The Visitor while screenwriter John Misto discusses his first crime novel The Devil's Companions. Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm Aug 29 Cost: Free Venue: Lvl 3 Ashfield Civic Ctre, Ashfield Library, 260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield Bookings: Ashfield Library www.siwvl.nsw.gov.au 02 9716 1810
Wednesday 31 August
Celebrity chef and author Bill Granger is known for his fresh ingredients and great desserts. He talks about his career and introduces his latest book Simply Bill. Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm Aug 31 Cost: Free Venue: Stanton Library, 239 Miller Street, North Sydney Enquiries: Stanton Library www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au 02 9936 8400
[Details of other events can be found at Sydney Talks.]
