Events
Keep up to date with Random House Australia's calendar of events including upcoming author appearances, tour dates and special events.
Peter Fitzsimons
Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen
Finding Antarctica:mapping the last continent
- Time:
- Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 5.00pm
- Venue:
- State Library of NSW
Macquarie Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
- Tickets:
Upcoming Events in February
Events in:
Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen
Finding Antarctica:mapping the last continent
- Time:
- Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 5.00pm
- Venue:
- State Library of NSW
Macquarie Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman speaking at the Town Hall as part of a Wheeler Centre event
- Time:
- Saturday, 11 February 2012, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
- Venue:
- Town Hall
Swanston Street
Melbourne
Alice-Miranda In New York
Join us for a special New York-themed lunch as we celebrate the release of Alice-Miranda in New York with author Jacqueline Harvey. We're serving 5-star hot-dogs with all the trimmings and custom-made gelato from two amazing carts. BYO picnic rugs and/or chairs. Guests are encouraged to dress as their favourite Alice-Miranda character or in NYC style. This will be a lunch to remember!
- Time:
- Sunday, 12 February 2012, 12pm-2.30pm
- Venue:
- Wahroonga Park Rotunda and Lawn
Corner Illoura Ave & Millewa Ave
Wahroonga NSW 2076
I Am An Emotional Creature
The Australian Human Rights Centre in association with Sydney Theatre Company present Australian Human Rights Centre Annual Lecture With Eve Ensler. Award-winning American playwright, performer, feminist and human rights activist, Eve Ensler will be visiting UNSW to attend the Justice for All Conference and associated workshop and to give the Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre) Annual Public Lecture.
- Time:
- Sunday, 12 February 2012, 6pm
- Venue:
- Sydney Theatre
22 Hickson Road
Walsh Bay NSW
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman will be speaking about his book, The Street Sweeper at My Bookshop
- Time:
- Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 6.15pm
- Venue:
- 513 Malvern Road
Hawksburn
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman will be speaking about his new book, The Street Sweeper at Readings Carlton
- Time:
- Thursday, 16 February 2012, 6.30pm
- Venue:
- 309 Lygon St Carlton VIC 3053
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman at Readings
- Time:
- Thursday, 16 February 2012, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
- Venue:
- Lygon St
Carlton
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman will be speaking about The Street Sweeper at Fitzroy Town Hall
- Time:
- Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 7.00pm
- Venue:
- Fitzroy Town Hall
Reading Room
201 Napier Street
Fitzroy
Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen
Perth Writers Festival THE SPORTSWRITER There is nothing like a sporting hero to bring out the poet in us. Peter FitzSimons, Malcolm Knox and Stephen Romei write about sports better than most. They bring you all the drama of the on-field action. Chair: Barry Nicholls.
- Time:
- Friday, 24 February 2012, 12.30 -1.30pm
- Venue:
- Octagon Theatre
The Girl From Baghdad
Perth Writers Festival THE GIRL FROM BAGHDAD Michelle Nouri’s life story is an extraordinary journey from a privileged childhood in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq to poverty in Eastern Europe and now to success as a journalist in Italy.
- Time:
- Friday, 24 February 2012, 12.30 -1.30pm
- Venue:
- Dolphin Theatre
Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen
Perth Writers Festival DIGGERS From the chaos and confusion of battle come extraordinary tales of courage and commitment but what does it mean to be a war hero and has the term been devalued by overuse? Paul Cleary, Paul Ham, Peter FitzSimons.
- Time:
- Friday, 24 February 2012, 3.30 - 4.30pm
- Venue:
- Octagon Theatre
Batavia
Perth Writers Festival BATAVIA Peter FitzSimons recounts the extraordinary tale of the shipwreck off the Abrolhos Islands – ‘far and away the greatest pirate story inAustralia’s history, if not the world’s’. Chair: James Lush.
- Time:
- Friday, 24 February 2012, 9.30 - 10.30
- Venue:
- Octagon Theatre
The Girl From Baghdad
Perth Writers Festival HAS MULTICULTURALISM FAILED? European leaders claim multiculturalism encourages people to live separate lives, to detach and fosters extremism. Is this the case? Arnold Zable, Hanifa Deen, Michelle Nouri and Alom Shaha. Chair: Phillip Adams.
- Time:
- Saturday, 25 February 2012, 11am - 12pm
- Venue:
- Octagon Theatre
Phantom
Perth Writers Festival PHANTOM Jo Nesbø is regarded as one of the best crime writers of our time. Join him and The West Australian's Books Editor William Yeoman as they discuss the inspiration for his new novel, Phantom.
- Time:
- Saturday, 25 February 2012, 8.30 - 9.30pm
- Venue:
- Winthrop Hall
Phantom
Perth Writers Festival THRILL ME, KILL MECrime fiction examines the deepest and darkest corners of the human psyche. Three writers – Michael Robotham, Jo Nesbø and Lauren Beukes – with very different approaches to clinching the spinechiller, discuss why we are addicted to this genre of terror with Jennifer Byrne.
- Time:
- Saturday, 25 February 2012, 9.30am - 10.30am
- Venue:
- Winthrop Hall
Phantom
Perth Writers Festival NORTHERN LIGHTS Scandinavia has captured the popular imagination with its literature and film. Norwegian writers Jo Nesbø and Johan Harstad discuss what it is about Norway that makes it such fertile ground. Chair: Mark Naglazas.
- Time:
- Sunday, 26 February 2012, 11.00am - 12.00pm
- Venue:
- Romeo Tent
Tiger Men
From the pen of master storyteller, Judy Nunn, comes another brilliant work of fiction woven into the tapestry of Australian history
- Time:
- Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
- Venue:
- 30-36 Belmont Street, Sutherland NSW
Festivals
