POETRY IN THE HOUSE
Poetry at the Gods is now Poetry in the House and has moved to University House, 1 Bailmain Crescent, Acton, in the Australian National University. The first reading will be held in the Common Room on February 9 at 8pm, and the first reader will be Les Murray. Bookings are advisable. Admission, collected on the night just before the reading: $10 waged, $5 unwaged. Meals are available in the Fellows Bar and Cafe at the ANU's University House from 6.30pm. To book for meals, phone 6125 5289 or join Geoff Page's tables (gpage40@bigpond.net.au). Reading-only seats can also be booked via Geoff Page.
What's on
February 7: Author Mark Dapin will talk about his Vietnam War novel, R&R, with Paul Daley at Muse Canberra, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Avenue, Kingston, at 3.30pm. Admission: $10, includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
February 13: Harry Hartog Woden is hosting children's authors and illustrators from 1.30pm to 3pm. Meet Paula Boer, author of the Brumbies series; Rowena Evans, illustrator of Brumbies, with her new book, Drums and Power Lines, as well her recent publication, Sealskin Coast; Rolf Svensen, author of The Adventures of Teddy and Karl: Stories for Bedtime; and Jeffery E. Doherty, illustrator of Teddy and Karl, who will also launch his new book, Olivia Stone and the Trouble with Trixies. Phone 6232 5832.
February 14: Journalists Lenore Taylor and Paul Daley will talk about staying creative and working well at Bipartisan, a new series of talks at Muse Canberra, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Avenue, Kingston. Admission: $10, includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
February 15: The third novel in the Hogarth Trilogy by Don Aitkin will be launched at 6pm with Aitkin and John Dawkins in the National Library of Australia Bookshop. Bookings: nla.gov.au/bookings.
February 18: Eat, drink and be literary with award-winning Australian author Anna Funder at the Hall, University House, ANU. Funder will be signing books from 6.15pm. Tickets: $70, include a main course, dessert, a glass of wine and tea or coffee. Bookings: 6125 4144.
February 21: Join anthropologist Jinghong Zhang at 2pm in the Conference Room, level 4, National Library of Australia, as she talks about puer tea. Cost: $15, includes Chinese tea. Bookings: nga.gov.au.
February 21: 3.30pm: What do you get when you ask a prominent someone 20 rapid-fire, unrehearsed questions? Muse Canberra's new Question Time series begins with Canberra author Karen Viggers (The Grass Castle, The Lightkeeper's Wife). Admission: $10, includes a drink. Bookings: musecanberra.com.au.
February 23: In a Canberra Times/ANU Meet the Author event, Stan Grant will discuss his new book, Talking to My Country at 6.30pm in Manning Clark lecture theatre 2 at ANU. Free, but bookings are required: 6125 4144.
February 25: Hear poet, author, translator, academic and critic Ouyang Yu discuss the challenges of operating in two languages. National Library of Australia Theatre, lower ground 1, 6pm. Tickets: $15, include refreshments and a book signing. Bookings: nga.gov.au.
March 3: Children's book Smile Cry by Tania McCartney will be launched with a reading, activities and cupcakes at 11am at Harry Herzog, Westfield Woden. For catering purposes, RSVP: 6232 5832.
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