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Author Talks
Inspiring, insightful and entertaining highlights from the Library's program of author talks
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Sally Young: Media Monsters
Sally Young discusses her newly released book, Media Monsters: The Transformation of Australia’s Newspaper Empires, with Melanie Kembrey.
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The Chase with Candice Fox
Candice Fox talks about her crime thriller The Chase in conversation with literary critic Nicole Abadee, from the 2021 Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Leaping into Waterfalls
Join author Bernadette Brennan in conversation with Susan Wyndham as they celebrate Bernadette’s latest release, Leaping into Waterfalls.
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Sydney Review of Books: Writing under lockdown
In this conversation, Suneeta Peres da Costa and Fiona Wright talk with publisher Ivor Indyk about the essays, The Ten Thousand Things and On Being a Precedent, and about writing essays, novels and poems during a health crisis.
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Gods and Demons
Deborah Cassrels talks about her book Gods and Demons in conversation with Roger Maynard.
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Rising Heart
Aminata Conteh-Biger talks about her autobiography Rising Heart in conversation with literary critic Nicole Abadee.
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Care: The radical art of taking time
Author Brooke McAlary appears in conversation with Alexx Stuart to discuss her latest release Care: The radical art of taking time.
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Summertime: Reflections on a vanishing future
Danielle Celemajer discusses her new book, Summertime: Reflections on a vanishing Future, a collection of stories written in the shadow of the 2019-20 Australian bushfires.
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The Running Book
In the lead up to St Patrick’s Day, one of Ireland’s favourite authors, John Connell, appears in conversation with Daniel Browning.
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Law in War
Catherine Bond and Elise Edmonds consider the impact of the law on Australians during the First World War.
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Discussing 'Kim Jiyoung: Born 1982'
Join Senior Dr Jane Park and Michaela Kalowski, as they discuss the issues and ideas around gender, culture and common experience explored in Cho Nam-Joo's best selling novel.
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My Year of Living Vulnerably
Rick Morton talks about his latest release, My Year of Living Vulnerably.
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Breaker Morant
In his latest book, Breaker Morant, Peter Fitzsimons unravels the many myths and fictions that surround the life of Harry Morant.
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How to Win an Election
The 2019 Australian election produced a surprise result showing, not for the first time, that every election is there for the winning — including the next one.
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Hysteria
Join author Katerina Bryant as she discusses the stories of these silenced women and how, through her research, she found her own voice.
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Event recording: A Room Made of Leaves
In partnership with Sydney Writers' Festival.
Internationally bestselling author and Orange Prize winner, Kate Grenville, discusses her latest imaginative response to history, A Room Made of Leaves.
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Honeybee
Join Craig Silvey, award-winning author of Jasper Jones, as he talks about his highly anticipated new novel, Honeybee with Hamish Macdonald.
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Ways of Knowing
Please join us for a fascinating online discussion, as Darug women Leanne Watson, Erin Wilkins and Jasmine Seymour talk with historian Grace Karskens about the many ways we learn about the past and present.
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Good Dog
Kate Leaver’s new book, Good Dog, draws personal interviews, as well as on science and research.
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Tiberius with a Telephone
Award-winning author Patrick Mullins joins us for a special online edition of Going Places — Authors on Tour.
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Glimpses of Utopia
Join Jess Scully and Benjamin Law as they discuss how we can work together to reimagine the way we live, work and play.