Readings

The Annual is back, the blokes are back – come and get the latest The Chaser signed by the creators of chaos!

The Catastrophe Continues is a collection of the very best of the John Clarke and Bryan Dawe interviews since they began on radio in 1987. John Clarke is honouring us with a visit in December to sign copies of The Catastrophe Continues. So please come down and say 'hi'. Free, no need to book.

Professorial Fellow Charles Sowerwine from the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne will be celebrating the launch of France Since 1870: Culture, Society and the Making of the Republic and the re-launch of Sisters or Citizens? Women and Socialism in France since 1876 by Professor ... (more)Robert Aldrich, The University of Sydney. The evening will be chaired by Professor Joy Damousi, Head, School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne. Free, no need to book.

From the suicide bombing of Glasgow Airport and the flooding of England to the horse flu and the Chinese earthquake and the Bhutto assassination, from the rise of Turnbull and Rudd to the slow disintegration of Howard, Ruddock, Olmert, Blair, Mushareff, Mugabe, Costello, Nelson, Buswell and Bush, from ... (more)the campaign insults of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain and Sarah Palin to the great economic meltdown and the night of Obama’s audacious victory, Ellis took notes, attended funerals, went to the cricket, wrote mordant midnight verse, walked his dogs and pondered humanity’s most hectic interim in quite a while. And So it Went is a book to re-read and savour. Bob Ellis is the author of 18 books. He is a screenwriter, speechwriter, mop orator and political essayist. Free, but please book on 9347 6633 or by email.

"Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us" by Nicholas Evans, formerly of the University of Melbourne’s Linguistics Department, will be launched in the attractive grounds of the gallery. Free, but please RSVP to Nikk by emaili by 13 May.

Much loved children’s writer Andy Griffiths is back with his new book – Just Macbeth. Crazy times ahead... FREE ADMISSION - BOOKINGS REQUIRED

Chaired by Steve Bracks. Paul Kelly, editor-at-large of The Australian, is the pre-eminent political writer of our time. He will discuss his latest book, The March of Patriots with Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The book looks at the Keating-Howard era of Australian politics – and it is a story ... (more)of conviction politicians, tribal warriors and national interest patriots. It captures Keating and Howard as brawlers, schemers and nation-builders explaining that they were fashioned by the same forces and made by the same generation. This will prove to be a lively discussion, chaired by Steve Bracks, one of Victoria's most successful premiers (1999-2007). All tickets $10 and available online only.

Australia’s most loved actor will be in the shop to sign copies of his CD collection The Bush Poems of A.B (Banjo) Paterson. Free, no need to book