MELBOURNE

Melbourne Writers' Festival: Kleptomaniacs and Walled Gardens
Friday 3 September, 10.30am
Wheeler Centre – Performance, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
$21 / $19, for bookings Click Here
Will people pay to access news content online, or will news have to be free? Join Julianne Schultz, Annie Baxter, Andrew Hunter and Alan Kohler as they explore these issues.

BRISBANE

Brisbane Writers' Festival: Beating the Booze
Friday 3 September, 1pm
Red Box, Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank
FREE event, for more information Click Here
More than 3,000 Australians die each year as a result of harmful drinking. Ross Fitzgerald avoided becoming another statistic. He details the challenges of sharing his journey with non-drinker Phil Brown.

Brisbane Writers' Festival: Our Collective Future
Friday 3 September, 5pm
SLQ Auditorium 1, Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank
FREE event, for more information Click Here
We're all a bit ‘over' climate change. We know that using different light bulbs or opting for eco-friendly alternatives will not solve the problem. Anna Krien and Brendan Gleeson discuss the solution where cities become more resilient, calling for a radical, not reformist, edge. Chaired by Julianne Schultz.

Brisbane Writers' Festival: In the Eye of the Historian
Saturday 4 September, 5.30pm
slq Auditorium 2, Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank
FREE event, for more information Click Here
Sheila Fitzpatrick, My Father's Daughter, and Ray Evans, A History of Queensland, write with the piercing insight of the historian. Chaired by Erica Sontheimer.

Brisbane Writers' Festival: Populate or Perish
Sunday 5 September, 11.30am
The Studio, Level 1, State Library of Queensland, South Bank, Brisbane
$16, to book Click Here
Peter Mares and Ian Lowe explore the tensions between a humanitarian and an environmental approach to migration and population, with a look at the emergence of an anti-growth movement and political party, and an evaluation of how we measure economic growth and quality of life. Chaired by Julianne Schultz.

Brisbane Writers' Festival: Sustainable Design: From Brown Dogma to Green Karma
Sunday 5 September, 1pm
Red Box, Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank
FREE event, for more information Click Here
Sydney environmental architect Tone Wheeler proposes that the many forces of sustainability will eventually cause massive changes in society - in homes, cars, work, play etc - as a result of our desire and need for a better life, and not from the scare tactics of the extreme green or the resistance of the climate change deniers.