Author Talks
Upcoming Talk - Professor Joseph M. Siracusa 20th August

The Athenaeum Library is proud to present you Professor in International Studies and Director of Global Studies at the Royal Institute of Technology Joseph M. Siracusa on Wednesday 20th August 5:30pm.

Joseph M. Siracusa provides a comprehensive, accessible, and at times chilling overview of the most deadly weapon ever invented - a very short introduction to nuclear weapons. For more information of the talk please download (pdf 51Kb) the poster here.

$5 cover charge includes a glass of wine. Book early. Limited number of seats.
 
Upcoming Talk - Rowan McKinnon 23 July

The Athenaeum Library is proud to present you Lonely Planet travel writer Rowan McKinnon on Wednesday 23rd July 1pm.

Rowan has worked on various travel guides to Australia and the Caribbian, but he mostly specialises in the island states of the South Pacific. Rowan will give an informal talk about the highs and lows of being a travel writer. If you wish to know more details about Rowan's talk please download this pdf file (1.48Mb).
 
Past Talks

Missed some of the author talks at the Ath listen to them by clicking on the links below:

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Peter Ralph  
 Jun 18th, 2008
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Christine Darcas 
Jun 2nd, 2008
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Hazel Edwards    
May 2nd, 2008 
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Anne Gracie    
Oct 10th, 2007
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Marcus Niski     
Oct 2007
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Kerry Greenwood & Sue Thomas   
Aug 22nd, 2007
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Kathryn Duncan  
Aug 8th, 2007
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Dr Les Terry      
Jun 27th, 2007
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Vicky Thornton
Apr 4th, 2007 
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Doris Imber 
Mar 7th, 2007
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Elaine Lewis 
Feb 28th, 2007
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Frank Golding   
Feb 14th, 2007
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Matthew Schaffer  
Jan 24th, 2007
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Enjoyed our Author Talks? Buy their signed books.

We have signed books for sale from authors who have done an Author Talk at the library:

  • Matthew Schafer: Pandora's Market
  • Kathryn Duncan: Short and Twisted
  • Elaine Lewis: Left Bank Waltz
  • Jennifer Talbot: The Tree of Life
  • Falcon vs. Monkey: Torpedo
  • Tiggy Johnson: Svetlana or otherwise
  • Christine Darcas: Dancing Backwards in High Heels
  • Peter Ralph: the CEO