In Conversation: Chris Hammer on The River (VIC)
Tue 08 July at 6:00PM
Readings Hawthorn, 687 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122
Join us to hear Chris Hammer in conversation about his bestselling classic book, The River.
Bob Hawke Launches Gareth Evans 'Incorrigible Optimist' at The National Press Club
The Hon Bob Hawke AC GCL, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia launches Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor of The Australian National University.
In his sometimes moving, often entertaining, and always lucid memoir Incorrigible Optimist, Gareth Evans looks back over the highs and lows of his public life as a student activist, civil libertarian, law reformer, industry minister, international policymaker, educator and politician.
Gareth Evans, now Chancellor of the Australian National University, was a member of the Australian Parliament for 21 years, and a cabinet minister throughout the Hawke–Keating era. From 1988 to 1996 he served as Foreign Minister.
WATCH LIVE This event will be broadcast on ABC TV, Wednesday 4 October at 12.30pm from the National Press Club.
Tickets cost $85 and include lunch. Book here.
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Author Talk: Chris Hammer on The River (SA)
Thu 10 July at 6:30PM
Burnside Library, 401 Greenhill Road Tusmore, SA 5065
Learn more about author Chris Hammer's prize-winning non-fiction book about the Murray Darling Basin.
