Friends of the University of Adelaide Library
2006 Events
Small Presses and New Writing
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| Venue |
Napier Building, Lower Ground, Room LG29, North Terrace Campus, the University
of Adelaide |
| Date |
Thursday 23 November 2006 |
| Time |
6 for 6:30pm |
| Cost |
Admission is free and open to the public. Gold coin donation invited. Seating
is limited. |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 21 November to Karen Hickman Via email
or telephone 8303 4064. |
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Patrick Allington and Dominique Wilson in conversation.
Patrick is an editor of the new literary magazine, Etchings, published
by Ilura Press. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide
and writes regularly for newspapers such as The Australian.
Dominique is the Managing Editor of the quarterly Adelaide magazine Wet
Ink which began publication last year and which is dedicated to publishing
new writing. She is currently working towards a PhD in Creative Writing.
For more information, please visit http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/news/small_press.html
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Hymn to the Virgin (proudly presented by the
Friends of the Library and the Adelaide University Choral Society)
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Venue |
Barr Smith Library Reading Room (enter by eastern door) |
| Date |
Sunday 29 October 2006 |
| Time |
2.30pm for 3.00pm |
| Cost |
$15 (adults), $10 (students/concession). Ticket price includes a glass of
wine on arrival. |
| Tickets |
Development and Alumni Office, phone (08) 8303 6356 or email gaynor.tyerman@adelaide.edu.au
or at the door. |
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The Adelaide University Choral Society (AUCS), established in 1960, currently
has about 60 members from across the University and the broader community.
The 20 voices of the AUCS Chamber Choir have been selected for performing a
Capella chamber works in more intimate settings. This first performance
in the Barr Smith Library follows successful concerts at Coriole and Sevenhill
wineries in 2005 and 2006.
The program features divine music inspired by the Virgin Mary, including works
by Tchaikovsky, Gorecki, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Palestrina, Hassler and others, in
the fine acoustic of the Barr Smith Library Reading Room.
Further details about this event or the Chapter can be obtained from alison.wood@adelaide.edu.au.
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Barr Smith Discovery Series
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The Barr Smith Discovery Series is an occasional
one hour lunch time series offering first hand accounts of discoveries in the
Barr Smith Library and the use of the collections for research. The series is
free and open to all. The inaugural occasion was with Jean Fornasiero and John
West-Sooby speaking on Reading Baudin's Books, 'Rediscovering a Discoverer'. Watch
this space for future occasions.
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More than a Musician: A Life of E. Harold Davies
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library |
| Date |
Thursday 24 August 2006 |
| Time |
1.05pm |
| Cost |
Free |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 22 August to Karen Hickman Via email
or telephone + 61 8 8303 4064. |
| Dr Doreen Bridges, in conversation with Professor
Charles Bodman Rae, Dean of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, will talk about
her most recent book. With the title More Than a Musician, the book is a life
of E. Harold Davies, a former Director of the Elder Conservatorium.
Doreen Bridges is one of Australia's leading music educators. Born in Adelaide
in 1918, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Adelaide
in 1941.
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Author and Scholar events proudly sponsored by
Unibooks Wines by Parri Estate
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These events offer Friends the opportunity to hear and engage with distinguished
names in writing and scholarship. The events are free and open to all, with gold
coin donation invited. Join the Friends to be kept informed of future Author and
Scholar events.
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Chris Daniels
Adelaide: Nature of a City
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library |
| Date |
Thursday 27 April 2006 |
| Time |
6.00 for 6.30pm |
| Cost |
Free. Gold coin donation invited |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 25 April to Karen Hickman Via email
or telephone + 61 8 8303 4064. |
Chris Daniels is Research Associate Professor
in Environmental Biology at the University of Adelaide and Director of the Biocity
Centre for Urban Habitats.
Urban environments are complex, dynamic, rapidly changing systems controlled by
man. Despite living in cities for more than 4,000 years, we know very little about
how cities function as ecological entities, In his jointly edited book Adelaide:
Nature of a City Chris Daniels and the contributors examine the ecology of
a dynamic city. They track the changes to the biological communities, to the plants
and animals, and to the structure and nature of the built environment of the City
of Adelaide from its inception in 1836 to the present day and predicts the future
to 2036. Copies of the book will be on sale. |
Murray Bail
in conversation with Nicholas Jose
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library |
| Date |
Thursday 18 May 2006 |
| Time |
6.00 for 6.30pm |
| Cost |
Free. Gold coin donation invited |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 16 May to Karen Hickman Via email
or telephone + 61 8 8303 4064. |
| Murray Bail was born and educated in Adelaide,
he has lived in India, the Uk and Europe, and now lives in Sydney. Murray Bail
made his reputation as a writer of short stories and has published several well
known collections. In 1999 his novel, Eucalyptus, won a number of prizes,
including the Miles Franklin Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has
been widely translated. The book has been described as " A love story, or
rather a mosaic of love stories, Eucalyptus is an Australian fairy tale. Along
with its stories, it includes narratorial digressions — on eucalypts, but
also on aspects of Australian history, culture, and national identity". Bail's
most recent book is Notebooks 1970-2003, described as "a stark and
exhilarating offering from the heart and mind of a celebrated novelist offering
overheard conversations, aphorisms, dazzling observations of people and places,
musings on art, literature and landscape, and fragments of books and stories".
The author event with Murray Bail is jointly hosted by the Friends and the Creative
Writing Program of the University of Adelaide and Nicholas Jose, Professor of
Creative Writing, will facilitate the occasion. Murray Bail will autograph copies
of his books on sale at the event by Unibooks. |
Susan Magarey
on Catherine Helen Spence
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library |
| Date |
Thursday 22 June 2006 |
| Time |
6.00 for 6.30pm |
| Cost |
Free. Gold coin donation invited |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 20 June to Karen Hickman Via email
or telephone + 61 8 8303 4064. |
| Catherine Helen Spence (1825-1910) was a South
Australian legend in her lifetime - novelist, globe-trotting journalist, preacher,
public campaigner for social and electoral reform, and life-long promoter of the
rights of women. Her image graced our old $5 note. Susan Magarey's prize-winning
biography of Spence Unbridling the Tongues of Women (1985) has now been
followed by Ever Yours, C.H. Spence ( 2005) which provides an edition
of Spence's Autobiography, her previously unpublished diary and some
of her correspondence. Copies autographed by the editors will be on sale at the
event by Unibooks. |
Author/Scholar Evening with Professor Eugene LeMire
on William Morris
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library |
| Date |
Thursday 27 July |
| Time |
6.00 for 6.30pm |
| Cost |
Admission is free and open to the public: gold coin donation invited |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 25 July to Karen Hickman via email
or telephone +61 8 303 4064 |
Dr Anne Summers in conversation with Carol Treloar and
Sandy Pitcher
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Venue |
Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library |
| Date |
Thursday 5 October 2006 |
| Time |
6.00 for 6.30pm |
| Cost |
Admission is free and open to the public: gold coin donation invited |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 3 October to Karen Hickman via email
or telephone +61 8 303 4064 |
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Anne Summers is a best-selling author and prize-winning journalist who has
had a long career in politics and the media. She is the author of several books,
including the now classic Australian book, Damned Whores & God's Police which
is still in print, thirty years after it was first published in 1975. It has been
updated twice, in 1994 and 2002, to ensure it remains relevant in the 21st century.
Her most recent book is The End of Equality, published in 2003 by Random House.
Her political background includes her time as a political adviser to Prime Minister
Paul Keating prior to the 1993 federal elections, and she ran the Office of the
Status of Women for Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1986.
Carol Treloar, a widely published reviewer and literary critic, has recently
left the South Australian Government after more than twenty years as a senior
executive in three key roles.
Sandy Pitcher is the newly-appointed Director of the Office for Women in South
Australia.
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"Aboriginal Massacre in Tasmania? An Investigation"
- a talk by Professor Lyndall Ryan
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Venue |
Napier Building, Lower Ground, Room LG29, University
of Adelaide |
| Date |
Thursday 2 November 2006 |
| Time |
6.00 for 6.30pm |
| Cost |
Admission is free and open to the public: gold coin donation invited |
| Contact |
Bookings by Tuesday 31 October to Karen Hickman via email
or telephone +61 8 303 4064 |
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Lyndall Ryan has spent a significant part of her academic career over the past
35 years researching the history of Tasmanian Aborigines in the past and the present.
She is the author of the groundbreaking text, The Aboriginal Tasmanians, first
published in 1981, in which she argued that, contrary to popular belief, the Tasmanian
Aborigines did not die out in 1876, or at any other period in Tasmanian history.
She also argued that, as survivors in the late twentieth century, they raised
the issue of unfinished business in the past.
Professor Ryan has been a Consultant to the Government of Tasmania on the preparation
of land rights legislation as well as Expert Witness for the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission in a federal court case about Aboriginal identity in
Tasmania.
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