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| Wednesday 10 June 2020 |
| ONLINE Turning History into Mystery |
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| Society of Women Writers Keynote speaker Diane Armstrong is a Holocaust survivor s born in Poland. She is the bestselling author of six books. Her latest novel, The Collaborator, was published in September last year. Member Speaker Christine Sykes' will discuss her debut novel The Changing Room. |
| Time: 12:30pm-2:00pm Jun 10 Cost: $10 members, $15 non-members
Venue: online, online, online
Submitted by: The Society of Women Writers NSW womenwritersnsw.org/
Enquiries: (02) 0409224216 j.thorndyke@bigpond.com |  | |
| ONLINE How to be an Australian |
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| Ashley Kalagian Blunt joins for a chat about Australian identity and culture through the eyes of a slightly anxious Canadian. Her new book How to be Australian presents a fresh, funny and heartfelt view of Life Down Under from an outsider’s perspective in the tradition of They’re a Weird Mob, |
| Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm Jun 10 Cost: Free - Everyone Welcome
Venue: Virtual talk via Zoom, Virtual talk via Zoom, Sydney
Submitted by: Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcuG..
Enquiries: (02) 9262 7300 tkc@smsa.org.au |  |
| Wednesday 17 June 2020 |
| ONLINE Plundering the Past |
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| Writers often use the past to generate our fiction. This talk and hands-on workshop with Roslyn McFaland will offer ways of transforming your memories to re-invigorate your imagination, which can then fuel your fiction in fresh and exciting ways. |
| Time: 10:00am-11:45am Jun 17 Cost: $10 members, $15 non-members
Venue: online, online, online
Submitted by: The Society of Women Writers NSW womenwritersnsw.org/
Enquiries: (02) 0409224216 j.thorndyke@bigpond.com | |
| Thursday 18 June 2020 |
| ONLINE The Convict Valley |
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| Join historian Mark Dunn as he reveals the fascinating colonial history of the Hunter Valley, the second British penal settlement in Australia. With stories about convicts, white settlers and the Aboriginal clans who were uprooted, Mark also uncovers the brutal side of the British settlement and a long-forgotten massacre. |
| Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm Jun 18 Cost: Free - Everyone Welcome
Venue: Virtual talk via Zoom, Virtual talk via Zoom, Sydney
Submitted by: Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts smsa.org.ahttps://zoom.us/meeting/regist..
Enquiries: (02) 9262 7300 tkc@smsa.org.au | |
| Wednesday 24 June 2020 |
| ONLINE Close to Home: Sydney's Marvels |
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| With travel restrictions being eased, but still in place, this is the perfect time to discover Sydney's hidden treasures online. John August shares the historic, engineering and geological marvels in Sydney and its surrounds that he has discovered over the years, along with some curiosities that we might normally pass by. |
| Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm Jun 24 Cost: Free - Everyone Welcome
Venue: Virtual talk via Zoom, Virtual talk via Zoom, Sydney
Submitted by: Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtfu6..
Enquiries: (02) 9262 7300 tkc@smsa.org.au | |
| Sunday 28 June 2020 |
| Wagner's Ring Cycle |
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| Dr Antony Ernst, a frequent and popular guest lecturer on opera, will speak about Richard Wagner's epic music drama, "Der Ring des Nibelungen". He has worked as a dramaturg, opera director, translator, writer, lecturer and artistic planner, most recently as orchestra director of the Royal Danish Orchestra, the world’s oldest orchestra. |
| Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm Jun 28 Cost: $30/$25 for Wagner Society members/$10 students incl refreshments
Venue: Goethe-Institut, 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra
Submitted by: Wagner Society of New South Wales wagner.org.au/events/program-even..
Enquiries: 02 9558 0339 webmaster@wagner.org.au | |
| Sunday 13 September 2020 |
| POSTPONED Linda Burney's Vision for a Just Transition to a Fossil-Fuel-Free Economy |
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| Date TBC. Federal Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Linda Burney MP will talk about her vision for the future, including a speedy and just transition to a carbon-free economy. |
| Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm Sep 13 Cost: Free
Venue: zoom.us/j/7868786878, Without computer, can use telephone:, 1800893423 or 0280156011 or 0370182005 or 08715011
Submitted by: Sustainable Population Australia au.citizensclimatelobby.org
Enquiries: 0467004892 george@ccl.org.au | |
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