Literary Events - Upstairs @ 49

The best in Sydney literary events

Updated weekly for one month ahead - book early to avoid the crowd.

Join leading Australian and international authors, thinkers and speakers in an engaging discussion of their work. For notice of events, subscribe to our gleemail newsletter.

Conditions

Changes

This listing is subject to change without notice. Customers with existing bookings will be notified by email of any changes that affect them.

Cost

Book launches are free and open to the public. Special Literary Events are $10/$7 conc. inc. GST unless otherwise marked.

Bookings

Bookings are essential, phone 02 9660 2333 or use the booking links on these pages. Gleeclub members have unlimited entry to events (one entry per paid event) but do let us know you are coming and RSVP. Thank you.

Venue

All launches and events are held Upstairs @ 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe Sydney NSW, unless otherwise stated.

May - June 2013

Sydney Writers Festival - May 20 to 26

Sydney Writers Festival

From 20 to 26 May at locations around Sydney

Venue: >Locations around Sydney

Cost: See SWF website

Bookings Online: ww.swf.org.au (through SWF)

Sydney Writers' Festival is back for 2013 with a stellar lineup of writers and speakers. See their website for details. Gleebooks is the official SWF bookseller and will operate pop up bookshops at the festival as always.

Launch - Friday May 31, 6.00pm for 6.30pm

ELIZABETH CLAIRE ALBERTS & CLARE POWER

Stories of the Great Turning

To be launched by Australian environmentalist John Seed

Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Cost: Free event

Bookings: RSVP gleebooks - 9660 2333 or email: events@gleebooks.com.au

This book of stories is written by people who decided to act, in their own lives, in response to the challenges of our time, and found their own way to make a difference. They are not stories about celebrities or gurus of the environmental movement but honest accounts from people who share a concern for the world we live in and who, in the words of one of the contributors, “just... got on with it". “A treasure trove of transformative tales told by grass roots activists.” Satish Kumar, Editor, Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine.

Dulwich Hill Salon - Saturday June 1, 3.30 for 4.00pm

MARTIN EDMOND

Dark Night: Walking with McCahon

Venue: 536 Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hil

Cost: $10/$7 gleeclub free

Bookings: ph. 8080 0098/ dulwich@gleebooks.com.au 

In 1984, in the palm grove in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens, the New Zealand artist Colin McCahon went missing. He was found by police early next morning in Centennial Park, kilometres away, with no memory of who he was or where he had been. In Dark Night, Martin Edmond walks in McCahon’s footsteps, past pubs and monuments, art galleries and churches, barracks and parks: to accompany him some way into the darkness of his end. Martin Edmond is a New Zealand writer who has lived in Sydney (Summer Hill) for many years.

Special Event - Wednesday June 5, 6.00 for 6.30pm

Michael Fullilove

Rendevous with Destiny

In conversation with Eleanor Hall 

Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Cost: $10/$7/gleeclub free

Bookings: RSVP gleebooks - 9660 2333 or email: events@gleebooks.com.au

The period between Hitler's invasion of Poland and the attack on Pearl Harbor was the turning point of the twentieth century. While the American public and Congress were eager to isolate themselves from the conflict, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to bring their considerable might to the aid of the Allies. Drawing on vast archival research, historian Michael Fullilove outlines this crucial moment in history. At the centre of everything, of course, is FDR himself, who moved his envoys around the globe with skill and élan. Rendezvous with Destiny is narrative history at its most delightful, stirring and important.

Special Event - Thursday June 6, 6.00 for 6.30pm

ANNE SUMMERS

The Misogyny Factor

Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Cost: $10/$7/gleeclub free

Bookings: RSVP gleebooks - 9660 2333 or email: events@gleebooks.com.au

In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillards own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Summers makes the case that Australia, the land of the fair go, still hasn't figured out how to make equality between men and women work. Summers dismisses the idea that we should celebrate progress for women as opposed to outright success.

Launch - Saturday June 8, 3.30 for 4.00pm

Max Deutscher

In Sensible Judgement

To be launched by Vrasidis Karalis

Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Cost: Free event

Bookings: RSVP gleebooks - 9660 2333 or email: events@gleebooks.com.au

Opening with the landmark Mabo High Court Case in Australia and with detailed references to other significant debates of judgment in the twentieth century, Max Deutscher seeks to explore approaches to what is good, right and legal. Describing a connection between reason and grounds intrinsic to judgement he analyses and explores the tendency towards absolutism that displaces proper judgement.

Panel - Tuesday June 11, 6.00 for 6.30pm

JANE CARO

Destroying the Joint

Panel discussion with Wendy Harmer and Jenna Price

Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Cost: $10/$7/gleeclub free

Bookings: RSVP gleebooks - 9660 2333 or email: events@gleebooks.com.au

In September 2012, commentator Alan Jones, responding to a comment by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said: "She (Gillard) said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating. Women are destroying the joint - Christine Nixon in Melbourne, Clover Moore here. Honestly." The twitterverse exploded with passionate, disbelieving and hilarious responses. In 'Destroying the Joint' - a provocative collection of essays edited by Caro - women reply to this comment and the broader issues of sexism and misogyny in our culture.

Launch - Wednesday June 12, 6.00 for 6.30pm

Lorraine Elliot

Not Quite Nigella

In conversation with Maeve O’Meara

Venue: gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Cost: Free event

Bookings: RSVP gleebooks - 9660 2333 or email: events@gleebooks.com.au

Lorraine Elliott has long been a food enthusiast, but decided to ditch her day job as a highly-paid media strategist to cook, eat and write – even though she's not quite Nigella. Her food blog Not Quite Nigella is now the go-to internet destination for hundreds of thousands of foodies from around the world and the book is the story behind this journey. Interspersed with a select few of Lorraine’s recipes, and much more than a celebration of food, Not Quite Nigella is a delightful memoir that will encourage you to follow your heart.

Conference - Sydney Town Hall - June 17 and 18.

YOUNG MINDS CONFERENCE 2013

Venue: Sydney Town Hall

Cost: See bookings. Note: 25% discount for Gleebooks Customers, 50% off for those under 21: ask instore or email us for the Glee promotional code to use in your online booking.

Bookings Online: Click here (online through Young Minds Conference).

Gleebooks is delighted to be the official bookseller for the Young Minds 2013 conference which will run 17 and 18 June at the Sydney Town Hall. Young Minds is a unique forum exploring the vital issues facing our youth today. Delegates will be inspired by a summit of 40+ leading international and local thinkers, including his Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for educators and anyone else with an interest in the well being and future of young people.