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Miles Franklin winner Kim Scott
NEWS: Kim Scott tours Germany
15th September 2009
Miles Franklin Award winner Kim Scott will commence a book tour of Germany in October 2009.
His paper, ‘Apologies, Agency and Resilience’, will be presented at a symposium called The Australian “History Wars” Revisited on 6 October. The symposium is organised by the Free University of Berlin and will also feature Reading the Country author Stephen Muecke plus Bain Attwood, and James Boyce.
Following the symposium, Scott will read from his award-winning novels and his acclaimed work of non-fiction, Kayang and Me, at a public event hosted by the Australian Embassy in Berlin on 7 October. He will also be a guest speaker for students at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt on 9 October.
Scott’s visit to Germany is co-sponsored by the Free University of Berlin, the Cultural Fund of CAL, and Fremantle Press.
For more information please contact Claire Miller, cmiller@fremantlepress.com.au
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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
