Events Upstairs @ 49 - Past Events                 Past Events Listings 2006 2007 2008 2009     June 2009 Sunday, June 14, 2009 / 5.30 for 6pm Past Launch George Alexander Slow Burn Published by: UWA Press To be launched by Chris Hayward Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Slow Burn Sunday, June 14, 2009 / 2.30pm Past MCA Event Gleebooks and the MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Present in conjunction with the exhibition Avoiding Myth & Message: Australian Artists & the Literary World Glenn Barkley in conversation with Christopher Dean. Readings by: Anna Couani, Richard Tipping, Joanne Burns, Rudi Krausmann. Venue: MCA, Circular Quay West Full Details Saturday, June 13, 2009 / 4.30 for 5pm Past Launch Cecilia Rice Always Liza to Me Published by: Allen & Unwin To be launched by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Always Liza to Me Thursday, June 11, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Annabel Crabb Quarterly Essay 34: Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Turnbull & the Liberals In conversation with David Marr Venue: NSW Teachers Federation Auditorium 37 Reservoir St., Surry Hills Full Details Buy Quarterly Essay 34 Malcolm Turnbull & the Liberals Wednesday, June 10, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Tony Maniaty Shooting Balibo Published by: Penguin In conversation with John Maynard Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Wednesday, June 03, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Diane Austin-Broos Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past: Invasion, Violence, and Imagination in Indigenous Central Australia Published by: University of Chicago Press To be launched by Prof. Nic Petersen Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past     May 2009 Sunday, May 31, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Special Event Sunday Book Club - May A Beautiful Place to Die Published by: Pan Macmillan Malla Nunn Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy A Beautiful Place to Die Friday, May 29, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Peter Hartcher To the Bitter End Published by: Allen & Unwin In conversation with Annabel Crabb Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy To the Bitter End Thursday, May 28, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Jane Mills Loving and Hating Hollywood: Reframing Global And Local Cinemas Published by: Allen & Unwin To be launched by Prof. James Donald Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Loving and Hating Hollywood Wednesday, May 27, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Sally Neighbour Mother of Mohammed, The: An Australian Woman's ExtraordinaryJourney into Jihad In conversation with Liz Jackson Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Mother of Mohammed, The: An Australian Woman's ExtraordinaryJourney into Jihad Friday, May 15, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Presented by AALITRA (the Australian Association for Literary Translation), Sydney PEN and gleebooks Julie Rose: the Art of Translation Julie Rose in conversation with Evelyn Juers With an introduction by Brian Nelson Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Thursday, May 14, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Donny Woolagoodja Mowanjum: 50 years community history Published by: Fremantle Press To be launched by Phillip Adams Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Wednesday, May 13, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Irfan Yusuf Once Were Radicals Published by: Allen & Unwin In conversation with Antony Loewenstein Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Once Were Radicals Tuesday, May 12, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Dinner Join us for dinner with Peter Kuruvita To celebrate the publication of his book Serendip: My Sri Lankan Kitchen Venue: Flying Fish Restaurant Pier 21 Jones Bay Wharf Pyrmont Full Details Buy To celebrate the publication of his book Serendip: My Sri Lankan Kitchen Monday, May 11, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Leigh Sales - On Doubt Elisabeth Wynhausen - On Resilience Published by: MUP In conversation with Lisa Millar Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy On Doubt Saturday, May 09, 2009 / 4.00 for 4.30pm Past Launch / Panel Brigid Rooney Literary Activists: Writer-intellectuals and Australian Public Life Panel: Brigid Rooney, Nicholas Jose, Rosie Scott, Wendy Bacon Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Literary Activists: Writer-intellectuals and Australian Public Life Wednesday, May 06, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Dominic Knight Disco Boy Published by: RHA In conversation with (Chaser boys) Chris Taylor and/or Andrew Hansen Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Disco Boy Tuesday, May 05, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Lorraine McGee-Sipple Hey Mum, What’s a Half Caste? Published by: Magabala Books To be launched by Anita Heiss Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Hey Mum, What’s a Half Caste? Monday, May 04, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Ariel Salleh / Bill Dunn Ecosufficiency and Global Justice - To be launched by Lee Rhiannon / Global Political Economy: A Marxist Critique - To be launched by Frank Stilwell Published by: Spinifex / Pluto Press Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details     April 2009 Thursday, April 30, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch John Hawke Australian Literature & the Symbolist Movement To be launched by John Tranter Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Australian Literature & the Symbolist Movement Wednesday, April 29, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Special Event Special Sunday Book Club Steven Carroll - The Lost Life Published by: HarperCollins Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The Lost Life Friday, April 24, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.40pm Past Launch Eric Aarons Hayek versus Marx: And Today's Challenges Published by: Routledge To be launched by Steve Keen Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Hayek versus Marx: And Today's Challenges Thursday, April 23, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Judith Keene Treason on the Airwaves: Three Allied Broadcasters on Axis Radio during World War II Published by: Central Book Services To be launched by Richard Walsh & Stephen Garton Note: This event has moved from the 20th March to the 23rd of April Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Treason on the Airwaves: Three Allied Broadcasters on Axis Radio during World War II Wednesday, April 22, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk David Malouf Ransom Published by: RHA Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Ransom Saturday, April 18, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Launch Geoff Page 60 Classic Australian Poems Published by: UNSW Press To be launched by Elizabeth Webby Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy 60 Classic Australian Poems Friday, April 17, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Craig Schuftan Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone: The Romantic Movement, Rock & Roll, and the End of Civilisation as we know it. Published by: ABC Books In conversation with Zan Rowe Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone Thursday, April 16, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Panel Janet Hutchinson Grandma Magic Published by: Allen & Unwin Panel: Jan Hutchinson, Gabrielle Lord, Robin Barker, Angela Catterns Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Grandma Magic Tuesday, April 14, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Eric Beecher Best Political Writing 2008 Published by: MUP In conversation with Chris Masters Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Best Political Writing 2008 Wednesday, April 08, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Susan Varga Headlong Published by: UWA Press To be launched by and in conversation with Anne Deveson Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Headlong Tuesday, April 07, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Michelle McDonald The Kiss of Saddam Published by: UQP Michelle McDonald & Selma Masson in conversation with Morgan Smith Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The Kiss of Saddam Sunday, April 05, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Launch Adam Aitken Eighth Habitation Published by: Giramondo Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Eighth Habitation Saturday, April 04, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Launch Danny Gardner Before I Press the Trigger Published by: Ginninderra To be launched by Elizabeth Webby Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Saturday, April 04, 2009 / 3.00 for 4pm Past Special Event Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud The Greatest Sheep in History Presented by Gleebooks Children's Bookshop Venue: Little church hall, opposite St John's Church, St Johns Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The Greatest Sheep in History Friday, April 03, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Matthew Karpin The Right Published by: Puncher & Wattman To be launched by Simon Santow Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The Right Thursday, April 02, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Maggie Joel The Past & Other Lies Published by: Murdoch Books To be launched by Christopher Cyrill Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The Past & Other Lies     March 2009 Monday, March 30, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Kristin Williamson David Williamson: Behind the Scenes Published by: Penguin In conversation with David Marr Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy David Williamson: Behind the Scenes Sunday, March 29, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Special Event Sunday Book Club - March* Sonya Hartnett Butterfly Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Butterfly Saturday, March 28, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Special Event / Reading A Tribute to Dorothy Porter Keynote Speakers: Andrea Goldsmith, Judith Beveridge Readers include: Lyn Hughes, Drusilla Modjeska, Jennifer Maiden, Peter Corris Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Friday, March 27, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch James Arvanitakis Contemporary Society Published by: OUP To be launched by Ghassan Hage Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Contemporary Society Thursday, March 26, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Jake Lynch Debates in Peace Journalism Published by: Sydney University Press To be launched by Peter Manning Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Debates in Peace Journalism Wednesday, March 25, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Clive Small and Tom Gilling Smack Express: How Organised Crime Got Hooked on Drugs Published by: Allen & Unwin Clive Small will be in conversation with co-author Tom Gilling Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Smack Express Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Iain McCalman Darwin’s Armada: How Four Voyagers to Australasia Won the Battle for Evolution and changed the world In conversation with Mike Bluett Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Darwin’s Armada Sunday, March 22, 2009 / 5.30 for 6pm Past Special Event The Meaning of Simplicity: the poet Yannis Ritsos A celebration with music, readings and narrative to mark the centenary of the birth of one of Greece’s greatest poets Greek Festival & the Katzantzakis Society Present: Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Search gleebooks website for: Yannis Ritsos Thursday, March 19, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Bronwyn Winter Hijab and the Republic: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate Published by: Syracuse University press In conversation with Shakira Hussein Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Hijab and the Republic: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate Wednesday, March 18, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Andrew Byrnes, Hilary Charlesworth*, Gabrielle McKinnon Bills of Rights in Australia: History, Politics and Law In conversation with Richard Ackland Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Bills of Rights in Australia: History, Politics and Law Tuesday, March 17, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Guy Pearse Quarterly Essay 33: Quarry Vision - Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom Published by: Black Inc Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Quarterly Essay 33 Sunday, March 15, 2009 / 2.00pm Past Blackheath Launch Larry Buttrose / Jane Smith Tales of the Popes: from Eden to El Dorado Finding the Shelf Within: spiritual development through home improvement Venue: Gleebooks at Blackheath, Colliers Arcade Full Details Friday, March 13, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Gillian Cowlishaw The City's Outback Published by: UNSW Press To be launched by Ghassan Hage Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The City's Outback Thursday, March 12, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Sarah Maddison Black Politics: Inside the complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture Published by: Allen & Unwin In conversation with Nicole Watson Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Black Politics Wednesday, March 11, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Don Walker Shots Published by: Black Inc In conversation with James Bradley Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Shots Tuesday, March 10, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Abbas El-Zein Leave to Remain To be launched by Ivor Indyk Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Monday, March 09, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch John Bannon Supreme Federalist: the Poltical Life of Sir John Downer Published by: Wakefield Press To be launched by Bob Carr Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Saturday, March 07, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Launch Marion Campbell Fragments Fom a Paper Witch Published by: Inbooks To be launched by Prof. Anna Gibbs Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Fragments Fom a Paper Witch Friday, March 06, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Peter Read, Frances Peters-Little & Anna Haebich / Bobby McLeod Indigenous Biography & Autobiography / Ngudjung Yugarang ‘Mother’s Heartbeat’ Published by: ANU E PRESS & Aboriginal History Inc / BMAC Publishing To be launched by John Maynard / June Dally-Watkins / Performance by Bobby McLeod Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Thursday, March 05, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Dr Mohamed Khadra The Patient: One Man’s Journey through the Public Health-care System Published by: RHA In conversation with Susan Wyndham Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy The Patient Wednesday, March 04, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Panel Fran de Groen & Peter Kirkpatrick Serious Frolic: Essays on Australian Humour Published by: UQP Panel: Fran de Groen, Peter Kirkpatrcik, Lillian Holt Moderator: Geoffrey Atherden Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Serious Frolic: Essays on Australian Humour Tuesday, March 03, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Paul McGeough Kill Khalid: Mossad’s Failed Hit….and the rise of Hamas Published by: Allen & Unwin Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Kill Khalid: Mossad’s Failed Hit….and the rise of Hamas Monday, March 02, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Paula Shaw Seven Seasons in Aurukun Published by: Allen & Unwin To be launched by David Martin Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Seven Seasons in Aurukun     February 2009 Thursday, February 12, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Panel Max Angus Pedder: The Story. The Paintings. Published by: Lake Pedder Restoration Committee Panel: Geoffrey Cousins, Tom Uren, Helen Gee Chair: Peter Thompson Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Pedder: The Story. The Paintings. Wednesday, February 11, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Dorothy Rowe Religion, Politics and Hypocrisy Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Co-presented with Philo Agora Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy What Should I Believe? Friday, February 06, 2009 / 6.00 for 6.30pm Past Launch Mark O’Connor & William Lines Overloading Australia: How governments and media dither and deny on population Published by: Envirobook To be launched by Bob Carr Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Overloading Australia: How governments and media dither and deny on population Thursday, February 05, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / In Conversation Peter Grose An Awkward Truth Published by: Allen & Unwin In conversation Tom Keneally Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy An Awkward Truth Wednesday, February 04, 2009 / 6.30 for 7pm Past Event / Talk Peter Singer The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty Published by: Text Publishing Venue: NSWTF Auditorium 37 Reservoir St Surry Hills Full Details     January 2009 Sunday, January 25, 2009 / 3.30 for 4pm Past Special Event Sunday Book Club - January Nam Le - The Boat Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe Full Details Buy Nam Le - The Boat                   Hosting: Weblink       gleebooks pty ltd - ABN: 87 000 357 317        © 1996-2010 gleebooks & MetaForm.  All rights reserved.