Marion Halligan launches love in Canberra
Award winning author Marion Halligan AM will launch Australian Love Poems 2013 at Electric Shadows Bookshop in Canberra on Thursday 26 September.
Marion Halligan has published twelve books. Her novels include Self Possession, Spider Cup, Wishbone and Lovers’ Knots, A Hundred Year Novel which won several awards, including the Age Book of the Year Award (1992). She is well known for her talented short stories which can be found in journals and magazines and also in her collections The Living Hothouse, The Hanged Man In The Garden, The Worry Box and Collected Short Stories. She has also published a book of stories and essays titled Out Of The Picture. In 1990 she won the inaugural Geraldine Pascall Prize for critical writing, in 1994 she won the Newton John Award, given to a graduate of Newcastle University for creative and innovative work, and she was made Member of the Order of Australian in 2006 for her contribution to Australian Literature.
The event will begin at 6 for 6.30 pm at Electric Shadows Bookshop.
Special Guests: editor Mark Tredinnick and Australian Love Poets Jen Webb, Suzanne Edgar, Lizz Murphy, Charlotte Clutterbuck, Fiona McIlroy, Victoria McGrath and Alan Gould
Bring your friends for an evening of love poetry, champagne and strawberries, and those special cheese biscuits that always appear at Electric Shadows events.
WHEN: 6 for 6.30 pm Thursday 26 September
WHERE: Electric Shadows Bookshop, Shop 2, 40 Mort St, Braddon
RSVP for catering purposes only, 20 September
Australian Love Poems 2013, ed Mark Tredinnick will be on sale at $26.99
