LITERARY EVENTS
The Age
Saturday March 26, 2011
WOMEN OF LETTERSTomorrow, Women of Letters celebrates its first birthday with soul singer Renee Geyer (below), comedian Felicity Ward, SLAM rally organiser Helen Marcou and writer Tracee Hutchison, who will each pen "A Complaint Letter". DJ set by Johnny Mackay of Children Collide. Funds go towards animal rescue shelter Edgar's Mission.Tomorrow at 2.30pm, $15/$20, Thornbury Theatre, 859 High Street, 9484 8787, thornburytheatre.oztix.com.auTUESDAY, MARCH 29ACTOR Barry Otto (above) presents a discussion of Louis Nowra's much-loved play Cosi, which became a successful film starring himself, and is now a VCE set text.4.30pm, Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, city, free, bookings: wheelercentre.comWEDNESDAY, MARCH 30WHAT'S the future for book selling? Is the end of the bricks and mortar bookshop looming? Meanjin and Overland magazines present a panel of industry insiders led by Chris Flynn to assess the future.6.15pm, the Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, city, free, bookings: wheelercentre.comBRITISH novelist Joanna Trollope's new bestseller, Daughters-in-Law, explores some thorny familial issues in her usual enthralling fashion. Trollope discusses her writing at an Age Dymocks book event.6.30pm, State Library Village Roadshow Theatrette, 179 La Trobe Street, city, $22/$20, bookings: 9660 8500, levents@dymocks.com.auTHURSDAY, MARCH 31POLITICAL theorist Tim Soutphommasane climbs onto the lunchtime soapbox to enthuse on the pleasures of hate mail.12.45pm, the Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, city, free.LITERARY agent Jenny Darling and authors Antoni Jach and Sonia Orchard discuss the process of manuscript development and how to navigate the path to publication.6.30pm, Victorian Writers' Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, city, bookings: 9094 7855, bookings@vwc.org.auFRIDAY, APRIL 1PAUL Gilding, author of The Great Disruption, discusses the need for sustainable living and action on climate change.6.30pm, Edendale Farm, Gastons Lane, Eltham, gold coin donation, bookings: 9439 8700, elthambookshop@bigpond.comA GROUP of comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival reveal the humorists who make them laugh, and read the choicest samples to tickle your fancy.7.30pm, the Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, city, free bookings: wheelercentre.com
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