IPY 2007-2008

The Canberra Readers and Writers Festival — on the theme of "Icy Worlds: Cool Words" and featuring over 40 international and Australian authors — will be held alongside the Lifeline Book Fair at Exhibition Park in Canberra from 21-23 September.

Highlights include appearances by the 2007 NSW Premier’s Award-winning authors Ursula Dubosarsky and Gideon Haigh as well as Canadian mystery writers Louise Penny and David Gibbins. Opening night will feature a keynote address by ABC foreign correspondent Leigh Sales and performance poetry by Canadian Baba Brinkman.

There will be a Schools Day, panel sessions, literary lunches, workshops, booksignings, book launches, exhibitions, great conversations, great wine and coffee and award announcements.

2007-2008 is International Polar Year and promises to advance our understanding of how the Earths remote polar regions impact global climate systems. The festival will feature authors, books and discussions about global warming, polar regions, explorers, ice and everything else cool.

Location: Cooyong building, Exhibition Park, Flemington Road, Watson, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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