Past Events
Catherine Bishop will be in conversation with Emily Gallagher on her latest book The World We Want: The New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum and the Cold War Teenager / Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Jess Hill will be in conversation with Hayley Boxall on Jess's new Quarterly Essay On stopping family violence.
Vincent Fantauzzo will be in conversation with Helen Musa on his memoir Unveiled, the incredible true story of how a street-fighting petty criminal, who was kicked out of school at fourteen, became one of Australia’s most celebrated and successful portrait artists.
Robert Dessaix will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Chameleon: A memoir of art, travel, ideas and love.
Please join Daniel Oakman and Dr Adele Chynoweth OAM at the launch of Daniel's latest book Fire in the Head – (Melbourne Books)
Best-selling author and TV historian Bettany Hughes will be in conversation with Caillan Davenport on her book The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a revelatory new history of the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments.
Stan Grant will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on his book Murriyang. Song of Time. Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra – deep silence and respect.
Geraldine Brooks will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on her new book Memorial Days, a heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse.
Misha Ketchell will moderate a discussion with Frank Bongiorno, Michelle Grattan and Mark Kenny, contributors to the new collection of essays, How Australian Democracy Works. And why we need it more than ever, edited by Amanda Dunn, a book in which The Conversation‘s best authors reveal the real story of how power works in Australia.
Arnold Dix will be in a conversation with Alex Sloan on his new book The Promise. How an everyday hero made the impossible possible.
Juno Gemes will be in a conversation with Linda Burney, moderated by Ann McGrath, on her new book Until Justice Comes: Fifty Years of The Movement for Indigenous Rights.
David Marr, one of Australia's foremost writers and thinkers, will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on the updated edition of his book, My Country: Stories, Essays and Speeches