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human rights, politics, social justice, world literature, gender, environment… Honorary Patrons: Hilary McPhee, Arnold Zable, Dr David Day, Alexis Wright, Kirsty Murray, Neil Grant, Montsalvat Trust
Chair of World Matters: Morag Fraser
Venue: The Barn, ����������������������������������������, Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, Victoria ����
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9.30am -10.00am Registration
SESSION 1
10.00am: Welcome Note by Morag Fraser, Chair, World Matters 2012
10. 15 – 11. 45am ������������������������������������������������������������������������
From a population of fewer than 5 million in 1914-18, 416,809 Australians enlisted for service in World War I. Of these,
about 60,000 were killed. Ross McMullin, author of Farewell My People: Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation, through ten biographies narrates the stories of the wasted potential of people cut down by imperial idealism.
Historian, Dr David Day, Antarctica: Biography of a Land will be in conversation with Ross .
Chair: Ben Murphy, Oxfam,� Humanitarian Advocacy Coordinator with Oxfam Australia, with responsibility for
Oxfam’s policy and campaigning work on natural disasters and conflict, will update us on the United Nations
negotiations in New York on the Arms Trade Treaty where he was a member of the Australian Delegation recently.
This session is sponsored by Dr Carole Wigg
Morning Tea
SESSION 2
12.00 - 1. 00pm �������� ������� ������� ������� �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
This story is quite simply one of the most extraordinary stories of deprivation and triumph, of terrifying betrayal and
compromise that has emerged in recent years. Kooshyar Karimi is a Sydney-based Iranian Jewish surgeon, writer and
translator who came to Australia in 2000 as a political refugee after fleeing to Turkey with his young family, leaving
everything behind. Days after arriving in Australia, with little money but huge motivation, he purchased an old typewriter
from a Vinnie's Op Shop and began to write his story.
Arnold Zable,award winning author, Violin Lessons,& Melbourne PEN President,will be in conversation with Kooshyar.
1.00pm-1.45 pm BBQ Lunch (for vegetarians, too) Pay Montsalvat $15 on the day
SESSION 3
1. 45pm – 3.00 pm ����������������������������������������������������������������������������
Four resilient and inspiring women, Alice Melike Ülgezer, The Memory of Salt, New Zealand authors, Farida Sultana and former Indian journalist, Shila Nair, Purple Dandelion, and Ruby J Murray, Running Dogs, share memories and
stories about displacement, power and responsibility, love and survival. Their works will carry us to Turkey,
Bangladesh, the UK, Iran and Indonesia.
Chair: Kirsty Murray, India Dark
Councillor Helen Coleman, Nillumbik Shire Council, will introduce this session
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SESSION 4
3 .15 pm – 4.15pm ������������������������������������������������ �������������������������������� �������������������������������� �������������������������������� ��������������������
The Israel/Palestine 'peace process' has failed and the occupation has never been more pervasive. The prospect of a
two-state solution, a position advocated by all Western countries, is increasingly criticised as being at odds with the
realities of the conflict. Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor have co-edited a new collection of essays which present
the world's leading writers on ways to achieve the only democratic outcome in the Middle East, a one-state solution.
Samah Sabawi, co author of Journey to Peace in Palestine, playwright and advisor to Palestinian policy network,
Al Shabaka, will contribute to the conversation. According to Samah , “peace is not just the absence of violence but the presence of justice.”
Chair: Hilary McPhee
Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5
4.30 pm - 5. 30pm ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Bi lingual poets Lidija Šimkut� , Stephen Brock and Juan Garrido-Salgado are Friendly Street Poets from Adelaide.
They will perform and entrance you with Lithuanian and Chilean Mapuche poetry and chants from their poetry
anthologies. Lidija will be accompanied by Anita Hustas, an award winning double bassist, composer, visual and
sound artist.
An open mic is available to bilingual poets in the audience-3 minutes each.
Chair: Fee Siever, Rebus Press
Twilight Drinks 5. 45pm - 6. 45pm �������������������������������������������������������� A Concert $15Back at World Matters due to popular demand two fabulous musicians. The collaboration of Joe Chindamo and Zoe Black is the product of two artists creating a musical dialogue with a combined
language. And even though a good part of their repertoire consists of reinventions of works by the
masters, as Busoni and Rachmaninov did in their day, there is also a plethora of purely original
composition by Joe Chindamo. They are creating an entirely new genre of Australian music, utilising
lyricism and tonality, while continuing to push harmonic and rhythmic boundaries, making this
music exciting, passionate and challenging.
Dinner at The Meeting Pool in ���������������������������������������� will feature Middle Eastern specials. Reservations are essential at 9431 2681
Sunday 21st October SESSION 6
10.30am – 11. 45am � ���������������������� ���������������������� ���������������������� ���������������������
Roger Averill in Exile pays an eloquent tribute to his teacher and friend, La Trobe academic�Werner Pelz, a Jewish
refugee from Nazi Germany who, after wartime internment in Australia, lived in Britain and co-wrote the influential
book God Is No More. Jacinta Halloran in Pilgrimage offers a powerful meditation on how our personal histories haunt us, and an affirmation
of the hope and sustenance that may be found in our imperfect families.
Writer and playwright, Chi Vu, offers insights into her deeply enigmatic suburban tale based on an ancient Buddhist tale, Anguli Ma, set in 1980s Melbourne, when the flight of Vietnamese refugees to Australia was at its height.
Chair: Morag Fraser
Morning Tea
SESSION 7
12.00pm – 1. 00pm: ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Poet, memoirist and novelist, Peter Rose, presents his gossamer sharp meditations on life writing and themes of family,
loss, disability and death from his recent poetry anthology, Crimson Crop and the insightful, moving memoir, Rose Boys
Chair: Morag Fraser
1.00pm -1. 45pm: Picnic Lunch Pay Montsalvat $15 on the day
SESSION 8 1.45pm – 2.45pm: ���������������� �� ����������������� �� ����������������� �� ����������������� �� �����
In Strong in the Rain Tokyo based senior correspondents, Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill, tell the story of the
tsunami in Japan. This vivid human story includes a detailed account of the Fukushima reactor disaster. An interview
with the authors, specially recorded for World Matters in Tokyo, will be screened by the Medical Association for
Prevention of War. It will focus on the nuclear power industry and the lack of transparency around this issue in Japan.
MAPW will also talk about the need to hold our own government accountable in decision making about war as discussed
in their publication Why Did We go to War In Iraq?
Chair : Carole Wigg
SESSION 9
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From the internet revolution to raunch culture, Jeff Sparrow’s quest takes him through contemporary Australia: the
sparkly booths of Sexpo; grimy adult cinemas; the loud, pro-virginity rallies of Pentecostal youth groups; and the depths
of the Australian desert, where the Intervention has led to prohibitive restrictions in Indigenous communities.
Chair: Dr Leslie Cannold, The Book of Rachel and What, No Baby?
Afternoon tea
Session 104.00pm – 4.45pm ������������������������������������������������Free session for children and teenagers
Quirky, bushy, heart warming storytelling by Bruce Pascoe of Bunerong-Tasmanian descent
Introduced by Alexis Wright, Carpentaria This session is supported by Nillumbik Reconciliation Group
Twilight Drinks
5.15pm – 6.45pm ������������ ��������������������� ����������� ���� ��������������������� ����������� ���� ��������������������� ����������� ���� ��������������������� ����������� ����
$15 The legendary Archie Roach and his late partner, the beloved Ruby Hunter, travelled
through Cape York working with children creating songs and music about what
children see and experience in their everyday lives, their love of country and identity.
Tonight, Archie Roach, celebrates that journey with songs, a documentary and the
launch of an anthology of lyrics illustrated by Ruby Hunter. This book includes a cd
cum DVD. Your donation will go to the Ruby Hunter Foundation.
Chair: Philip John Morrissey,University of Melbourne Australian Indigenous Studies This session is supported by Nillumbik Reconciliation Group.
Books and cds relating to ���������������������������������������������������� will be available for sale and signing.
East Timor Women Australia will organise a textiles stall
Cost: $10/ $8 concession per session, unless otherwise stated Joe Chindamo Concert: $15 Archie Roach Session: $ 15
Extra Value Concessional Festival Pass for Oct 20 and 21 includes one book voucher worth $30, free morning and afternoon tea and twilight drinks Couple: $150; Individual: $90 (This pass does not include the Joe Chindamo Concert and the Archie Roach session)
Prepaid and early Bookings for ����������������������������������������������������
are essential at 9439 8700
[email protected] 970 Main Road, Eltham
Australian Booksellers Association Text Publishing 2012 Bookseller of the Year
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