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» Writers at Stanton
» Maggie Hamilton
» Alan Saffron
» Arthur Herman
» Michael Veitch
» Kieran Kelly
» Will Davies
» Lijia Zhang Writers at StantonWriters at Stanton is presented by the Stanton Library and > Constant Reader Bookshop. If you would like to buy a book from one of our visiting authors click go to > Constant Reader Bookshop > Stanton Library Blog - give us your feedback about this program and other topics! Visiting authors include noted national and international authors, best-sellers, and lesser known authors selected by publishers as authors of the future. The author talk is followed by question time, light refreshment and the opportunity for book signing. The program is free and no booking is required. Writers at Stanton is usually held on weekdays 1pm-2pm. Stanton Library Enquiries 9936 8400. Go to Top
Tuesday, 22 July, 1pm |
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Maggie Hamilton Over two years Maggie Hamilton interviewed dozens of girls, teachers, school counsellors, psychologists, law enforcement and medical personnel to get an insider's view on what girls are experiencing at present. Informed, revealing, at times shocking, What is happening to our girls? is a book every parent should read.
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Wednesday, 30 July, 1pm |
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Alan Saffron An all revealing biography Gentle satan: my father Abe Saffron of one of Australia's most colourful underworld figures by his son. This is an incredible story of family loyalties, betrayals, illegitimate siblings and a contested inheritance.
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Monday, 4 August, 1pm |
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Arthur Herman Churchill and Gandhi were bitter enemies. Gandhi and Churchill reveals, for the first time how that rivalry shaped the 20th century and beyond. For more than forty years they were locked in a struggle for the hearts and minds of the British public, and of world opinion. Although they met only once, their titanic contest of wills would decide the fate of nations, continents, peoples, and an Empire.
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Tuesday, 5 August, 1pm |
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Michael Veitch Michael Veitch is a multi-talented writer,performer, presenter and comedian. He is one of Australia's best-known comedians (Fast forward, D-Generation) and an expert in WWII aircrafts. Michael will introduce his compelling new book Fly: true stories of courage and adventure from WWII, a follow up book to Flak.
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Tuesday, 12 August, 1pm |
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Kieran Kelly KieranKelly will introduce his new book Aspiring - a book that looks at what drives men and examines the way we overcome our inner demon., It is also a thrilling account of the experience of climbing for the first time, with all its terror and elation.
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Thursday, 21 August, 1pm |
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Will Davies From the editor of the bestselling Somme mud, comes a new and moving history In the footsteps of Private Lynch. This book tracks Lynch and his battalion's travels; their long route marches to flea ridden billets, into the frontline, to rest areas behind the lines and finally, on the great push to the final victory after August 1918. In words and pictures Will Davies fills in the gaps in Private Lynch's story.
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Tuesday, 9 September, 1pm |
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Lijia Zhang Lijia Zhang will speak about her autobiography "Socialism is great!": a workers memoir of the new China. A spirited memoir by a former Chinese factory worker who grew up in Nanjing, participated in the Tiananmen Square protest and ended up an international journalist.
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