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IN SHORT: Brockovich under WA skies

17th May 2010

Under Corporate Skies by Martin Brueckner and Dyann Ross features a foreword by international environmental campaigner Erin Brockovich. Brockovich, who helped Yarloop residents build a legal action case in the US against Alcoa, will be in Western Australia this August. Under Corporate Skies tells the story of the Yarloop community’s social, health and environmental struggle surrounding Alcoa’s Wagerup alumina refinery.

The book is scheduled for release in August 2010. Pre-order it from your local bookseller today.

For more information please contact Claire Miller, cmiller@fremantlepress.com.au

Outdoor Reading in Freo

The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.

Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading

When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au