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Penguin Australia's Calendar of Events, featuring author appearances around Australia over the coming weeks. Bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates.

For more information on a particular event please contact the person or organisation listed at the far right, on the phone number provided. In the case of problems or difficulties email: marketing@au.penguingroup.com

 

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JULY 2009

Jump to: ACT    NSW    QLD    SA    VIC    WA   

Australian Capital Territory   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Sunday 5th July 9.30am	Kristin Williamson David Williamson:Behind the Scenes	Breakfast/signing	National Library of Australia - Bookplate café Ground floor Parkes Place Canberra ACT	National Library of Australia Ph: 02 6262 1122

New South Wales   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Monday 6th July 7.00pm	Gretel Killeen The Night my Bum Dropped	Talk/signing	Mosman Library Library Walk, Mosman 605 Military Road Mosman NSW	Pages & Pages Bookshop Phil and Chris Page 878 Military Rd Mosman NSW Ph: 02 9969 9736- phil@pagesandpages.com.au
Thursday 9th July 10:00am	Shirley Walker A Ghost at the Wedding	Talk/morning tea	The Book Warehouse 107/109 Keen Street Lismore NSW	The Book Warehouse Sarah Jones 107/109 Keen Street Lismore NSW Ph: 02 6621 4204
Monday 13th July 6:30pm until 8pm	Elspeth & Fiona Richards Playtime: Activities for little children that can make a big difference	Talk/Signing	Journeys Bookstore Café 127 Trafalgar Street, Annandale NSW	Journeys Bookstore Café 127 Trafalgar Street, Annandale NSW Ph: 02 9552 2540 Fax: 02 9552 2513 info@journeysbooks.com
Thursday 16th July 1.00pm	Gretel Killeen The Night my Bum Dropped	Talk/signing	Stanton Library 234 Miller St North Sydney NSW	Constant Reader Peter Kirby 27 Willoughby Road Crows Nest NSW Ph: 02 9438 1763
Tuesday 21st July 11.00am	Ursula Dubosarsky The Terrible Plop	Talk/signing	Parramatta City Library - Constitution Hill branch 20 Hollis Street Toongabbie NSW	Parramatta City Library - Constitution Hill branch 20 Hollis Street Toongabbie NSW
Tuesday 21st July 2.00pm	Ursula Dubosarsky The Terrible Plop	Talk/signing	Parramatta City Library - Central library Civic Place Parramatta NSW	Parramatta City Library - Central library Civic Place Parramatta NSW
Thursday 23rd July 1pm	Bob Ellis And So It Went	Talk/ Book signing	City of Canterbury Library 14-28 Amy Street Campsie NSW

Queensland   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Monday 13th July 6.30pm	Gretel Killeen The Night my Bum Dropped	Talk/signing	Riverbend Books 193 Oxford Street Bulimba QLD	Riverbend Books Adrian Hallewell 193 Oxford Street Bulimba QLD Ph: (07) 3899 8555 (07) 3899 8555 adrian@riverbendbooks.com.au
Thursday 16th July 6.00pm	Maggie Hamilton What's Happening to Our Girls?	Talk/signing	Avid Reader Shop 1 193 Boundary St West End QLD	Avid Reader Shop 1 193 Boundary St West End QLD Ph: 07 3846 3422
Thursday 30th July 6.30-9.30pm	Maggie Beer Maggie's Kitchen	Cooking Demonstration	Black Pearl Cooking School 36 Baxter St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD	Black Pearl Cooking School 36 Baxter St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD Ph: 07 3257 2144

South Australia   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Monday 6th July 3.00pm	WWE RAW Superstars and WWE Divas WWE Encyclopedia	Signing	Target Tea Tree Plaza Level 2, 976 North East Rd Modbury SA	Target Tea Tree Plaza Level 2, 976 North East Rd Modbury SA Ph: 08 8263 0300

Victoria   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Monday 6th July 7-8.30pm	Tim Winton Breath	Talk	Geelong Performing Arts Centre 50 Little Malop Street Geelong VIC	Geelong Regional Library Anne Maree Harper Ph: 03 5222 1212 annmaree.harper@geelonglibraries.vic.gov.au
Tuesday 7th July 6-7.30pm	Tim Winton Breath	Talk	Lorne Bowling Club Grounds of Mantra Erskine Beach Resort Mountjoy Parade LORNE VIC	Lorne Beach Books Lorne VIC Ph: 03 5289 2489 lornebooks@bigpond.com
Tuesday 7th July 6.30pm	Gretel Killeen The Night my Bum Dropped	Talk/signing	Readings Hawthorn 701 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn VIC	Readings Hawthorn Christine Gordon 701 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn VIC Ph: 03 9341-7740 events@readings.com.au
Wednesday 8th July 7.00pm	Gretel Killeen The Night my Bum Dropped	Talk/signing	Robinsons Bookshop Shop 3 11 Station St Frankston VIC	Robinsons Bookshop Shop 3 11 Station St Frankston VIC Ph: 03 9783 6488 Fax: 03 9781 1139 robinsonsbooks@bigpond.com.au
Wednesday 8th July 6-8pm	Tim Winton Breath	Talk	Craig’s Royal Hotel Grand Dining Room 10 Lydiard Street South BALLARAT VIC	Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation Imogen Herperger Ph: 03 5332 2615 library@chrlc.vic.gov.au
Thursday 9th July 6-7.30pm	Tim Winton Breath	Talk	Phee Broadway Theatre Mechanics Lane CASTLEMAINE VIC	Castlemaine Library Pat Lakey Ph: 03 5472 1458 patl@ncgrl.vic.gov.au
Tuesday 14th July 8:00pm - 10:00pm	David Gillespie Sweet Poison: Why Sugar is Making Us Fat	Talk	Ormond Hall 557 St Kilda Rd (enter via Moubray St) St Kilda, VIC
Thursday 16th July 7.30pm	Peter Goldsworthy Everything I Knew	Mildura Writers Festival	Mildura Club Cnr of 9th Street and Deakin Ave Mildura VIC	Arts Mildura PO Box 3276 Mildura VIC www.artsmildura.com.au/docs/contact.asp
Friday 17th July 9am-11.30am	Peter Goldsworthy Everything I Knew	Mildua Writers Festival	Mildura Senior College Cnr of 14th Street and Deakin Ave Mildura VIC	Arts Mildura PO Box 3276 Mildura VIC www.artsmildura.com.au/docs/contact.asp
Thursday 30th July 4.30pm	Isobelle Carmody	Talk/signing	Ebony Quill Café 793 Burke Road Camberwell VIC	Dymocks Camberwell Roxanne/Hank Shop 114, 793 Burke Rd Camberwell VIC Ph: (03) 9882 0032

Western Australia   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Wednesday 8th July 3.00pm	WWE RAW Superstars and WWE Divas WWE Encyclopedia	Signing	Big W Karrinyup Karrinyup Shopping Centre, Karrinyup Road Karrinyup WA	Big W Karrinyup Karrinyup Shopping Centre, Karrinyup Road Karrinyup WA

 

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AUGUST 2009

Jump to: NSW    QLD   

New South Wales   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Wednesday 26th August 6.30pm	Antony Beevor D-Day: The Battle for Normandy	Talk/signing	Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace 380 Military Road www.orpheum.com.au Cremorne NSW	Pages & Pages Bookshop Phil and Chris Page 878 Military Rd Mosman NSW Ph: 02 9969 9736- phil@pagesandpages.com.au

Queensland   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Tuesday 25th August 6.30pm	Antony Beevor D-Day: The Battle for Normandy	Talk/signing	Irish Club 171 Elizabeth St Brisbane QLD	Brisbane's Better Bookshops Megan Taylor son Smith PO BOX 1453 Milton QLD Ph: 07 3367 0559 bbbcoordinator@yahoo.com.au

 

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SEPTEMBER 2009

Jump to: NSW   

New South Wales   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Wednesday 30th September 6.30pm	Matt Moran When I Get Home	Literary Dinner	Hickson Road Bistro Sydney Theatre Restaurant Pier 4 Hickson Rd The Rocks NSW	Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road Glebe NSW

 

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OCTOBER 2009

Jump to: NSW    QLD    VIC   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Friday 2nd October 9:30am	Matt Moran When I Get Home	Morning Tea/Signing	Essential Ingredient Prahran Market Elizabeth Street South Yarra	Essential Ingredient Prahran Market Elizabeth St South Yarra VIC

New South Wales   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Tuesday 20th October 12.30pm	Matt Moran When I Get Home	Literary Lunch	Bathers Pavillion 4 The Esplanade Balmoral Beach NSW	Pages & Pages Bookshop Phil and Chris Page 878 Military Rd Mosman NSW Ph: 02 9969 9736- phil@pagesandpages.com.au

Queensland   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Wednesday 7th October 7am	Matt Moran When I Get Home	Breakfast/Signing	Riverbend Books 193 Oxford Street Bulimba QLD	Riverbend Books 193 Oxford Street Bulimba QLD Ph: 07 3899 8555
Thursday 15th October 6-9pm	Stephanie Alexander Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion: Dig, Plant, Water, Grow,Harvest, Chop, Cook	Cooking Demonstration with Stephanie Alexander & Chef Amanda Young	Black Pearl Cooking School 36 Baxter St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD	Black Pearl Cooking School 36 Baxter St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD Ph: 07 3257 2144

Victoria   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Thursday 1st October 6.30pm	Matt Moran When I Get Home	Cocktail Party/Signing	Readings Hawthorn 701 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn VIC	Readings Christine Gordon 309 Lygon Street Carlton VIC Ph: 03 9347 6633
Friday 2nd October 6.30pm	Matt Moran When I Get Home	Cocktail Party/Signing	Dymocks Melbourne 234 Collins St MELBOURNE VIC	Dymocks Melbourne Louise McNally 234 Collins St MELBOURNE VIC Ph: 03 9660 8500

 

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NOVEMBER 2009

Jump to: TAS   

Tasmania   

Date	Author	Event	Venue	Contact
Thursday 12th November 8.00am	Katherine Scholes The Hunter's Wife	Breakfast talk	Grand Chancellor Hotel - Hobart 1 Davey Street Hobart TAS	Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation 48 Liverpool Street Hobart TAS