Authors at AshfieldAuthor signing autography : photo by Monde Photography

Authors at Ashfield is a popular series of free literary events presented by Ashfield Library since 2002.  Come along to hear best-selling Australian and international authors, poets, journalists and personalities talk about their latest books and novels. The series has featured authors including Richard Glover, Tim Flannery, Caroline Jones, Susannah Fullerton, Bob Carr and Geraldine Brooks. All events are free.   Books are available for sale and signing (except lectures). Better Read Than Dead, Newtown are our booksellers. Venue is 260 Liverpool Road, Level 6 Civic Centre, Ashfield.

Enquiries Therese Scott 9716 1821.  

2012 is the 10th year of Authors at Ashfield! Join us for year long celebrations, including lucky door prizes at selected events. 

 

MAY  2012

Friday May 4  at 1pm Ashfield Council Chambers

Literary lecturer and author Susannah Fullerton will give an illustrated lecture on Louisa May Alcott and Little Women.

Monday May 7 at 1pm Ashfield Council Chambers

Literary lecturer and author Susannah Fullerton will give an illustrated lecture on Dumas and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Thursday May 10  at 1pm Ashfield Council Chambers

Andrew Tink will talk about and sign copies of his new history book : Lord Sydney : the life and times of Tommy Townshend published by Scholarly Publishing.

Book for sale and signing.

 Wednesday May 30 at 1pm Ashfield Council Chambers

Professor Fred Watson will give an illustrated lecture 'Greening the Universe' to coincide with World Environment Day June 5.

 

SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL

Wednesday May 16 6.00pm for 6.30pm-7.30pm

Durban Legend: Malla Nunn's Life of Crime.

Award winning crime writer Malla Nunn returns with another gripping tale set in the violent underworld of Durban, where murder, witchcraft, tribalism and taboo collide. Join Malla for an evening talk on the origins of her latest crime novel in the Detective Cooper series, and her insights into his world.

Presented with Ashfield Library. Books for sale and signing. Free, bookings essential 9716 1810.

 

JUNE  2012

Friday June 8 at 1pm  Ashfield Council Chambers

Tony Taylor will talk about and signs copies of his new memoir Fishing the River of Time.

'A superb mix of natural history, memoir - and fishing. Not to be missed.'- Tim Flannery

 Book for sale and signing.

 

Friday June 22 at 1pm  Ashfield Council Chambers

Danish born Inner West author Mette Jackobsen with her new novel The Vanishing Act published by Text Publishing.

"This quixotic story explores the delicate balance between logic and imagination through the minutia of island life. This is a stunning new voice for fans of literary fiction, and reads like a thoroughly modern Hans Christian Anderson fairytale'.- Australian Bookseller & Publisher.

 

Book for sale and signing.

 

JULY 2012

Monday July 2 at 1pm  Ashfield Council Chambers         NAIDOC Week 1-8 July

Robyn Caughlan, a Darug woman from Western Sydney, will talk about and sign copies of her new memoir Waiting at the Gate.

Robyn is an Australian Indigenous fashion and textile designer. She tells her moving story of abuse and being separated from her family and how she transformed her life.

Book for sale and signing.

 

Monday July 23 at 1pm  Ashfield Council Chambers         

David Millar presents an illustrated lecture on the controversial and renowned British painter J.M.W. Turner. 

 

 

 

 

 

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