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EVENTS
Glen Eira Story Telling Festival: Tongues in Flight: Unravelling Mother Stories and Convent Mysteries
In this unique event, two Spinifex authors,
Francesca Rendle-Short author of
Bite Your Tongue and
Patricia Sykes author of
The Abbotsford Mysteries will read from their latest works and share their experiences of finding their storytelling voices through poetry and fiction, interspersed with memoir.
When: Saturday June 23rd, 2pm Glen Eira Town Hall Theatrette
Susan Hawthorne author of
Cow, will be speaking at the
International Festival of Literature in Translation —Why Translation Matters. Susan will be using Sanskrit as a model for imaginary translation.
When: 15th to 17th June
Where: Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria
Lara Fergus author of
My Sister Chaos, winner of the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and shortlisted for the Dobbie Encouragement Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction is speaking with fellow novelists at Hares and Hyenas Bookshop's,
Bespoken-Queer Writing Monthly.
When: Thursday 28th June, 7.30- 9.05pm
Where:
Hares and Hyenas, 63 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
Entry: $10 full $6 concession, tickets at the door
World renowned scientist and activist
Vandana Shiva author of
Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity is visiting Melbourne for two exciting events. She is the keynote speaker at the
International Federation of Home Economics, World Congress Global Wellbeing Conference and she will be discussing her forthcoming book
Making Peace with the Earth: Beyond Resource, Land and Food Wars, due for release in September, at a special talk to be held in the lovely grounds of Montsalvat.
International Federation of Home Economics, World Congress Global Wellbeing ConferenceWhen: 16th to 21 July
Where: The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
Making Peace with the EarthWhen: Tuesday July 17th, 6.30 to 7.00pm
Where: The Barn,
Montsalvat, Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham
Entry: $10 waged $8 concession, includes chai and samosas
Bookings: Eltham Bookshop 03 9439 8700 or elthambookshop@bigpond.com
NEWS WRAPFish-Hair Woman by
Merlinda Bobis continues to captivate, check out the latest edition of
Mascara Literary Review to see Merlinda's work
featured and to read a
review of
Fish-Hair Woman.
Check out this great review of
Remember the Tarantella by
Finola Moorhead on
Me, You, and BooksFollowing on from Spinifex Press receiving the Lord Mayor's Commendation for Small Business last month,
North and West Melbourne News wrote a glowing article on Spinifex Press and the philosophy that sees it continuing to have an impact after twenty one years.
EXCERPTFrom
The Unfinished Revolution: Voice from the Global Fight for Women's Rights edited by
Minky Worden.
My Guardian Knows What's best for Me
is a web campaign by conservative Saudi women who say they support the current male guardianship system that reduces women to the status of perpetual children, requiring them to gain permission from a male legal guardian for just about anything grownups normally decide independently. 
BLOGSOur bloggers have again been busy, Susan Hawthorne's piece,
'To whinge or not to whinge' expresses the frustration at the gatekeeping that only allows a certain type of feminism to have a voice.
Pauline Hopkins in
'Your Choice' reminds us there is a lot more for feminism to achieve.
Helen Lobato in her piece, '
Notwithstanding the recent HRT review-oestrogen therapy remains dangerous' reminds us that life changes are fundamentally normal.
Merlinda Bobis in
'River, River' writes about her recent performance in Toronto of
River, River, her one-woman play adaptation of her latest book
Fish-Hair Woman.
Helen Lobato in her piece,
'We need to talk about the media's portrayal of sex work' discusses the media's normalisation of prostitution and its reluctance to analyse this institution.
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