POETRY PRIZE
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Entries for the 2016 Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry are now open. The first prize is $7000. The theme is Loving Kindness, and the prize will be presented on Thursday, September 1. Entries are open until June 6. See: acu.edu.au.
WRITING WORKSHOPS
A series of three creative writing and art cross-training workshops will be run by Sarah Rice at Belconnen Arts Centre, writing poetry in response to the art on exhibition there. They will be held from 10am to 2.45pm on April 26, May 10 and May 24. See: belconnenartscentre.com.au/classes/crosstraining.html.
What's on
April 23: In Conversation: Celebrating Shakespeare explores the playwright's legacy with Professor Ian Donaldson and Professor Ian Gadd at the National Library of Australia theatre. Tickets $15. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
April 24: Book Launch: All My Januaries: The Art of Pleasure by Barbara Blackman will be launched at noon in the National Library of Australia theatre. Tickets $15. Bookings: nla.gov.au.
April 24: On the 100th anniversary of the Irish Easter Rebellion in Dublin, the Friends of Ireland will have a bistro lunch, music, and a talk by Aidan Moore from noon to 3pm at Canberra Irish Club, Parkinson Street, Weston. Phone 6288 5088.
April 24: TV chef and presenter Justine Schofield will be in conversation with Canberra Times Food & Wine editor Natasha Rudra on Dinner With Justine, Schofield's debut cookbook, at University House Hall, ANU at 7pm. Price is $65 for a two-course meal and wine. Bookings: unihouse.anu.edu.au/events/meet-the-chef-justine-schofield.
April 28: At 5.45 for 6pm at Paperchain Manuka, Rosemary Esmonde Peterswald will speak about her book Can My Pony Come Too? about her move from Ireland to rural Australia, then as a young bride to Papua New Guinea and beyond. RSVP telephone 6295 6723.
April 28: At 6pm at Manning Clark House, the Dympha Clark annual lecture by Drusilla Modjeska "Telling Stories" will centre on her experiences and research on Papua New Guinea. Contact Geoff Lazarus on 0419 369 206.
April 29: At 5.45 for 6pm at Paperchain Manuka, First Person Shooter by Cameron Raynes.will be launched by Irma Gold. It's a story about the dark side of a country town. RSVP telephone 6295 6723.
May 1: ANU academic Dr Andrew Kipi's book China and Postsocialist Anthropology: Theorising Power and Society after Communism will be launched at the Asia Bookroom, Unit 2, 1-3 Lawry Place, Macquarie at 6pm. RSVP by 5.30pm Wednesday April 30: 6251 5191.
May 3: Naldo Rei will speak about his time working as a member of the clandestine resistance movement in East Timor, which he joined at the age of nine after his father was murdered, at Asia Bookroom RSVP by 5.30pm Friday May 2: 6251 5191.
May 13: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, social researcher Hugh Mackay will be speaking on his new book, Beyond Belief, exploring the impact in Australia of the decline in religious faith and practice. Theatre 2, Manning Clark Centre, ANU at 6pm. Bookings at anu.edu.au/events or call 6125 8415.
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