Meyer Edelson Local places
12 - 2:00 Friday 4 June at the New International Bookshop
This is one of our series of literary lunches, hosted by Wendy Lowenstein.
Have your lunch and listen to urban naturalist and the leader of Bush
Tucker Walks. Meyer's books include Stony Creek: journey of a waterway,
Secrets of the seaside suburbs, and Melbourne dreaming: a guide to
Aboriginal places in Melbourne.
Peter Singer will talk about Ethics into Action
2:00 Sunday 6 June
Here's your chance to hear Peter before he heads off to his new position in
the US. Well known as an animal rights activist and Senate candidate for
the Greens, Peter's new book is Ethics into action: Henry Spira and the
Animal Rights Movement. His earlier works include Animal Liberation, How
are we to live?, Rethinking life and death and (with Bob Brown) The Greens.
REMINDERS
2:00 Sunday 30 May at the New International Bookshop
Allan & Wendy Scarfe on REBELS
Hear Allan talk about Biographies: Reformers and Revolutionaries, and Wendy
on Novels: Artists and Anarchists. Wendy's novels include The day they shot
Edward, Laura, my alter ego and the recently published Miranda. With Allan
she has written a number of biographies, such as that of the Indian
socialist leader, JP: his biography, Labor's titan: the story of Percy
Brookfield, and the recent No taste for carnage: Alex Sheppard: a portrait.
6pm Friday 4th June WINTER WARMER AND WINE TASTING - in the bookshop's
cafe.
Until 4th June EXHIBITION - catch Kathleen McCann's paintings from
Belfast - in the cafe
New International Bookshop
Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts, Carlton South
Mon-Fri 10-30 - 6.30, Sat-Sun 11 - 5
More than just a bookshop,
.. it's a cafe, a meeting place,
.... and a co-operative to boot!
LL.VF
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