Here comes an eventful December at the New International Bookshop. Hope to
see you there!
(ps We're a co-op non-profit bookshop with 400+ members and lots of
volunteers. You can help too by forwarding this message to others. Why not
print it out for display?)
2.00, Sunday 5 December
DAVID DAY discusses his new biography of JOHN CURTIN
David has written widely on Australian history and the history of World War
II. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at LaTrobe University.
6.30, Wednesday 8 December
BOOK LAUNCH - NEW VOICES FOR SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
To be launched by Mark Davis and others.
In this book, Julia Gillard, Mathew Townsend, Christos Tsiolkas, Guy
Rundle, Catharine Lumby and other younger writers have their say about the
direction for the centre-left in Australia in the 21st Century. They
challenge Australian social democrats to explore international as well as
local solutions to the problems of inequality, cultural conflict and
ecological destruction. Edited by Dennis Glover and Glenn Patmore.
7.00, Thursday 9 December
DICK GROSS, mayor of Port Phillip, talks about his new book, THE GODLESS
GOSPEL. Expect the unexpected!
This will be followed at 8.00 by the Bookshop's Christmas break-up party.
8.00, Thursday 9 December
The Bookshop's CHRISTMAS BREAK-UP PARTY will follow Dick Gross's talk. A
great opportunity to have a drink and a chat.and to buy lots of books!
4.00, Sunday 12 December
Exhibition opening
PETER EWER's photographic exhibition THE NATURE OF PLASTIC
(commission proceeds to the bookshop co-operative and Earthworker)
To be followed by entertainment in the Trades Hall Bar with FIDEL AND THE
CASTROS
7.30 Monday 13 December
ROD QUANTOK will read from DOUBLE DISILLUSION his totally irreverent new
book - alight with revolutionary zeal, undiluted vitriol and outright silliness
6.00 Friday 17 December
BOOK LAUNCH - JOHN TULLY's DEATH IS THE COOL NIGHT
The book will be launched by Tony Dewberry.
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They were schoolfriends in a small Bavarian town, but during the early
1930s their lives took on different paths. Death is the Cool Night traces
the life of the main character Otto Mehring through the deep south of
America and Australia. Family history, political turmoil, love and much else.
LL.VL
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