Conversations: Imperial Amnesia – The Legacy of the Commonwealth

What are the unspoken horrors of British ‘benevolence’ in the countries of the Commonwealth? What are the scars and legacies that remain? This session at the George Town Literary Festival will see Ali Cobby Eckermann, Bernice Chauly and Salil Tripathi approach these themes as moderated by Commonwealth Now co-editor Jane Camens.

When: 11.15 am–12.15 pm, Sunday 25 November
Where: Earth (Level 1), Bangunan UAB, George Town, Malaysia
Tickets: FREE

More information here.

Join Novella Project VI winner Holden Sheppard for the Perth launch of Griffith Review 62: All Being Equal – The Novella Project VI, hosted by OUTinPerth, Tribe Hotels and Boffins Books.

When: 6 pm, Monday 19 November
Where: Tribe, West Perth
Tickets: FREE (RSVP by email to [email protected])

More about the event here.

Join editor Ashley Hay, Novella Project VI winner Miriam Sved, Griffith University expert Michael Carden, and Griffith Review Fellows Rosie Funder and Victoria Carless for the launch of Griffith Review 62: All Being Equal – The Novella Project VI.

When: 6–8 pm, Thursday 15 November
Where: Avid Reader, West End
Tickets: FREE (register here)

Griffith Review 60: First Things First
Melissa Lucashenko, Marcia Langton and Ciaran O’Fairchellagh in discussion about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and more with Griffith Review 60: First Things First co-editor Sandra Phillips.

When: 2.30–3.30 pm, Friday 7 September
Where: Festival Hub, Mainwar Green, SLQ
Tickets: FREE (online)

Griffith Review 61: Who We Are – Contemporary Australian society and its issues 
Griffith Review 61: Who We Are co-editor Peter Mares, David Peetz and Maria Tumarkin discuss Australia’s changing reality.

When: 1-2 pm, Saturday 8 September
Where: Festival Hub, Mainwar Green, SLQ
Tickets: FREE (online)

Treaty
Marcia Langton and Stephen Mam explore where we have come to and where Australia can progress to together with Griffith Review 60: First Things First co-editor Sandra Phillips.

When: 4.30–5.30 pm, Saturday 8 September

Where: Queensland Terrace, SLQ

Tickets: FREE (online)

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Shireen Morris, Paul Daley and Melissa Lucashenko discuss issues pertaining to the Uluru Statement and much more with Griffith Review 60: First Things First co-editor Sandra Phillips.

When: 4–5 pm, Saturday 25 August
Where: Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia
Tickets: $12–25 (online)

The 2018 FNAWN Workshop program brings together leading writers, poets and storytellers to share their insights, understandings and skills. Griffith Review Editor Ashley Hay will appear as an invited guest at the Literary Sector and Publishing Industry Roundtable, the purpose of which is to strategise on ways to improve access, visibility and professional development for First Nations writers.

When: 23–26 August
Where: Gorman House, Canberra
Registration: Online

Legacy of Empire

Celebrations of the Commonwealth Games were soured by the treatment of the Windrush Generation, highlighting the UK’s increasingly fraught relationship with its former colonies. In January Australia’s leading literary journal, Griffith Review, invited writers from around the world to offer a non-western centric perspective. Join the edition’s editor and Griffith Review‘s publisher Julianne Schultz, British publisher Margaret Busby and international writers Karen Lord and Salil Tripathi to examine Britain and its reputation abroad.

When: 7.30–9 pm, Monday 13 August
Where: Garden Theatre, Book Festival Village, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Tickets: £10–12 (online)

Paul Ham – Making of a Monster

Historian Paul Ham has written about Vietnam and Hiroshima, but in his most recent work he tackles one of the thorniest stories of them all: the moments and motivations that shaped Adolf Hitler and laid the foundations for the terrors unleashed in the 1930s and 40s. While Germany’s First World... Read more

Griffith Review will once again be featured at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, held in August at Elements of Byron (see map).

First Things First

Jill Eddington, former CEO of UQP and Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council, in coversation with Griffith Review 60 contributors Melissa Lucashenko and Tony Birch, alongside historian Henry Reynolds.

When: Friday, 3 August 2018, 4 pm

Where: Yellow Brick Road Pavillion

The Future of the Commonwealth

Jane Camens, co-editor of Griffith Review 59, in conversation with contributors Jenny Hocking, Melissa Lucashenko and Selina Tusitala Marsh.

When: Saturday, 4 August 2018, 4 pm

Where: Greenstone Partners Marquee

One-day passes start from $111. See the festival program for more information.

Join Griffith Review‘s new Editor Ashley Hay to launch Griffith Review 61: Who We Are with a panel discussion between contributors Donna Lu, Stuart Glover and Mirandi Riwoe, chaired by Peter Mares.

When: 6 pm, Tuesday 7 August
Where: Avid Reader, West End
Tickets: Free