Women's Forum Australia is hosting a dinner and dessert during White Ribbon Week to launch Getting Real by Melinda Tankard Reist. The event is open to all Women's Forum Australia members and supporters.
Melinda will be speaking at the launch, and she will be joined by Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women & Youth; and Lynne Pezzullo, Director and Chair of Access Economics and winner of the 2008 ACT Telstra Business Woman of the Year award.
7pm, Wednesday 25 November 2009 Holy Grail, cnr Akuna and Bunda Streets, Civic, Canberra $40pp RSVP 19 November 2009 Dress code: smart casual
For further information, email the Women's Forum at admin@womensforumaustralia.org, or call 02 6260 5670.
Dyke Books Inc is pleased to announce its launch of Brazen Hussies: A Herstory of Radical Activism in the Women's Liberation Movement, by Jean Taylor.Brazen Hussies will be launched by Joan Kirner on 21 November, 1.30 to 3.30 at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
Dyke Books sees the event as an opportunity to not only launch the book but also to celebrate 40 years of Women’s Liberation Movement activities in Australia.
RSVP to 03 9387 6610, or to jean_taylor2@yahoo.com
Susan Hawthorne has been featured in this year's The Best Australian Poems 2009, edited by Robert Adamson, and published by Black Inc Books. Susan's poem, "Climate change: yugantameghaha" is from her recent book Earth's Breath.
#24–25 October 2009, Melbourne, Australia Green New Deal Conference, University of Melbourne 'Gender and Climate Politics' workshop with Jo Tenner, Women's Environment Network Australia
#5–8 November 2009, Amherst, USA Rethinking Marxism Conference, University of Massachusetts
'From Metabolic Rift to Metabolic Value' Panel: Studies in Marxian Theory of Value, with Jan Sailer, Freiburg University; and William Workman, University of New Brunswick
'Climate Crisis: Common but Differentiated Responsibilities' Panel: Marxist Perspectives on Global Environmental Concerns, with Michelle Yates, UC Davis and Andrianna Vlachou, Athens University
#11 November 2009, New York, USA Bluestockings Bookshop, 142 Allen St, Lower East Side, New York Author talk: Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice: Women write political ecology
#15 November 2009, Poland Transdisciplinary Studies Program, University of Poznan Public lecture: 'Women Write Polical Ecology'
#20 November 2009, Berlin, Germany Institute for Social Analysis, Rosa Luxemburg Institute, Berlin Paper: 'A Critical Feminist Reading of the Green New Deal'
#24 November 2009, Brisbane, Australia Asia-Pacific Science & Technology Studies Network, Griffith University Paper: 'Eco-Sufficiency and Vernacular Science'
New website: Kapululangu Women’s Law and Culture Centre
A new website providing information on the Kapululangu Women's Law and Culture Centre has been launched. The Kapululangu Women's Law and Culture Centre was the focus for Zohl de Ishtar's book, Holding Yawulyu: White Culture and Black Women's Law. The centre is one of Australia's most remote women's centres and runs diverse cultural programs, including an inter-generational cultural knowledge program to help foster resilient, strong young people who take pride in their Aboriginality.
Further information on their programs and activities can be found at the website: http://www.kapululangu.org/
Fifth annual World Matters forums, Eltham, Victoria
If the world matters to you, check out the fifth annual World Matters forums on October 17, 18, 19 and November 19 at Edendale Community Farm, Gastons Lane, Eltham. It celebrates essays, books and poems that ask questions about the world around us.
Spinifex author Sandy Jeffs will be there, along with Sophie Cunningham, Arnold Zable, Don Watson, Philip John Morrissey and many, many more.
Come hear prize-winning poet Sandy Jeffs read from her latest work at the Readings event Pages to Poetry on Monday 12 October. Sandy will be performing along with two other Melbourne poets, Tom Petsinis and Claire Gaskin. The event is free, so rock on up, no need to book!
Book launch for Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness
A decade ago, Sandy Jeffs decided to retrieve records of her admissions to mental institutions under Freedom of Information access. She set the medical observations about this stranger who was herself alongside her own subjective impressions. It prompted her to begin writing her story – of being drawn into the underworld of madness and returning to tell the tale.
It is a compelling story, vividly evoking the experience of schizophrenia and the bizarre delusions. An engrossing and moving account, with an edge of black humour, it offers privileged insights into madness, as well as reflections on its causes and care.
Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness Book launch Saturday 17 October, 3–5pm Dante's 150–156 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Keeping Aboriginal Women's Culture Alive: speaking tour
Dr Zohl de Ishtar, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of three books, will be speaking at two events about the Kapululangu Elders' efforts to protect and keep alive 50,000 years of traditional women's knowledge.
BRISBANE Friday 16 October, 4.30pm for a 5pm start, finishing at 7pm. Brisbane Square Library Community Room, at the top end of Queen St, opposite the casino. Light refreshments available at 4.30pm. Hosted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Donations gratefully received. Contact WILPF members Norma 3207 7929 or Chris 0437 327 890 for more information.
MALENY Thursday 15 October, 6.30pm Maleny Baptist Church Light refreshments available. $10 full/$8 concession Contact Rachael 5494 2286 or Anne 5494 3346.
All proceeds will go to the Kapululangu Aboriginal Women's Association.
Tune in to Ockham's Razor on Radio National this Sunday 4 October at 8.45 am to hear Ariel Salleh, editor of Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice. The topic is "Is our sustainability science racist?"
Adproofing Your Kids, by Tania Andrusiak (Getting Real contributor) and Daniel Donahoo, will be launched on Sunday 4 October at 2.30pm at the Eltham Bookshop Courtyard, 970 Main Road, Eltham, Victoria.
Contact the Eltham Bookshop for more information on 03 9439 8700 or ELTHAMbookshop@bigpond.com.
ACT launch of Getting Real 
