Talking Books

WritingWA and PICA have announced a new monthly literary event: Talking Books. The first event kicks of on Sunday 9 September at 3pm at the PICA Bar, Perth Cultural Centre, and will feature Susan Maushart speaking with State Librarian, Margaret Allen, about her new book, "What Women Want Next." The program to follow the inaugral event includes: Niall Lucy and Steve Mickler (both Curtin academics) speaking about their book, "The War On Democracy: Conservative Opinion in the Australian Press" (Sunday October 14 at 3pm); Shane McCarthy and Grant Stone talking about comic book writing and the graphic novel (Sunday 11 November at 3pm); and Deborah Robertson on her novel, "Careless" (Sunday 9 December at 3pm). All events are FREE. Enquires WritingWA at info@writingWA.org or (08) 9228 9908.