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Diggers and Greeks by Maria Hill
Launched by The Honourable Bob Carr

“Maria Hill tells a compelling story of the relationship that emerged between Australians and Greeks for the first time in the detail it deserves and with a scholar’s command of the material, while not neglecting the Greek perspective but with a great feel for the emotions involved...” (Bob Carr).

Date: Tue 6 April

Time: 6.30pm

 

 

 

 
    Riding the Black Cockatoo
An evening with the author John Danalis

John Danalis will read extracts from his book and discuss it with the indigenous actor and storyteller, Dharug Yellamundie Richard Green.

Date: Wed 14 April

Time: 7.00pm

 


 

 

Palimpsest Book Launch

Kathryn Koromilas’ first novel Palimpsest is a book about high ideals and low obsessions, truth and identity, immigration, nationality and race; about what we believe and what happens when belief degenerates into fanaticism.

Date: Sat 17 April

Time: 3.30pm

 

 

 
 

 

A History of Greece
A presentation by author Dr Nicholas Doumanis

Nicholas Doumanis will discuss his new book A history of Greece, which presents the story of the land and its people as a continuity from prehistoric times to our own day.

Date: Sun 23 May

Time: 4.00pm

 

 

 
 

 

“The Mountains Couldn’t Walk Away”
Book Launch

by Andrea Demetriou

Poetry collection about nostalgia and its consequences for a world which was eclipsed by the Turkish invasion in Cyprus.

Date: Thursday 29th April

Time: 6.30pm

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 



 
 

 




 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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