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Chloe Hooper on The Arsonist - Mon 29 Oct 2018 at 6:30pm
29 October 2018
Readings Bookshop
Mon 29 Oct 2018 at 6:30pm
Book launch: Preservation - Mon 29 Oct 2018 at 6:30pm
29 October 2018
Readings Bookshop
Mon 29 Oct 2018 at 6:30pm
Real Talk Edition
29 October 2018
The Wheeler Centre
Stella Charls, Justin Heazlewood, Paul Verhoeven...
A comical trip through the bureaucracy of local government.
POSTY Poetry & Spoken Word Special Delivery
29 October 2018
Melbourne Spoken Word
POSTY Poetry & Spoken Word Special Delivery is a new fortnightly open mic event hosted by Hamish Danks...
The Pen Pal Project
30 October 2018
The Wheeler Centre
Melissa Manning, Fiona Murphy, Ra Chapman, Jem...
Dear Mr Toad,
US Midterm Elections
30 October 2018
The Wheeler Centre
Sally Warhaft, Bob Carr, and Dennis Altman
The midterm elections in the United States will be held on Tuesday 6 November.
Poetryspective featuring Yvette Stubbs and Nathan Curnow reading Mary...
30 October 2018
Melbourne Spoken Word
Poetryspective, a new poetry and spoken word event celebrates world poetry.
Passionate Tongues featuring Marty MonStar Chapbook Launch
30 October 2018
Melbourne Spoken Word
Hosted by ‘the patron-saint of Melbourne poetry,’ poet and photographer Michael Reynolds, what began as a...