Category Archives: Events

2010 Brisbane Writers Festival Program Release

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The BWF program will be available in The Weekend Australian July 24 – 25 and tickets will go on sale from Saturday, 24 July through qtix.

The full program will also be available  on their website, Saturday 24 July. You will be able to read extended session information and author biographies, as well as access their improved search function to help you make the most of your Festival time.

The 2009 Festival was a resounding success. While you eagerly await the 2010 program take a look at the 2009 Festival highlights and 2009 photo gallery.

Interesting week

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Yes we had a good one starting with the announcement of the Miles Franklin Award to Peter Temple for his (crime) novel Truth. Read all about it in this article by Jason Steger.

Today we were all a bit surprised by the ascent of our first female prime minister Julia Gillard in a peaceful coup d’etat and the third bit of news is that our June Newsletter is now out, also see the sidebar.

Working on how to incorporate an Archive of all our past Newsletters so they become immortal.

Christos Tsiolkas to Open Edinburgh Festival

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The Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas, author of a controversial novel on race and class, The Slap, and the first Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature writer in residence, will be speaking on the opening day.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/17/edinburgh-international-book-festival

Jaipur Literary Festival

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Just a  preview of our June meting where we discussed The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was an excellent discussion of a wonderful book ( it doesn’t happen every time) and a very convivial gathering at one of our members’ home.

The June newsletter will be out next week and a link will appear in our sidebar. Next meeting 12/07  will be at Ceramic House, when we will discuss Gilead By Marilynne Robinson.

Check out this article about the Jaipur Literature Festival

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?685066