Monash Literature Festival 2009

Talks and workshops - AUGUST 2009

Talks and workshops for adults and young adults with an exciting program of presenters.

BOOKINGS essential. Contact your local library to reserve your place.

More information - www.monlib.vic.gov.au

Euan Mitchell, Dale Campisi & Anne Rogan – Publishing Panel

Monday 3 August

7.00pm – 8.30pm
Glen Waverley Library

If you have ever wanted to publish your own work, why not talk to the experts.

Dr Euan Mitchell is the author of Self-Publishing Made Simple: The Ultimate Australian Guide.

Dale Campisi currently makes books at Arcade Publications and teaches publishing at the University of Melbourne.

Anne Rogan is ManAgeing Editor for the adult publishing division of Penguin Books.

Bookings open 3 July, Tel: 9560 1655

Sara Hardy – Author Talk (Biography)

Saturday 15 August

2.00pm – 3.00pm
Clayton Library

Sarah Hardy will be talking on her latest biography, Dame Joan Hammond – Love & Music, about the opera singer and golf champion who experienced many fateful twists of fortune – not least the burning of her home in the Ash Wednesday bush fire.

Sara Hardy is a biographer and playwright who originally worked as an actress.

Bookings open 15 July, Tel: 9544 0668

Waleed Aly & Matthew Ricketson – In Conversation.

Thursday 20 August

7.00pm – 8.30pm
Wheelers Hill Library

Waleed Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University, Waleed's social and political commentary appears regularly in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Australian and The Age. Waleed also appears on ABC 774 and ABC 2 Breakfast News.

Matthew Ricketson is a journalist and academic. He has worked on staff at various newspapers and magazines, including The Age, The Australian and Time Australia magazine.

Bookings open 20 July, Tel: 9561 6211

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