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Conversation Hour

Conversation Hour is our series of short talks by authors and speakers about books and interesting topics, held at the library and other venues around town.

Stay tuned for more exciting events - you never know where we'll pop up next!

Sarah Sasson author talk

04 May 2024 The Friends of Kiama Library invite you to a talk with writer Sarah Sasson about her new book, 'Tidelines' - a tender coming-of-age novel about how love, loyalty and resilience ultimately prevail. Books available for purchase and signing. $8 FOKL members/$10 guests.

Kiama Library Auditorium, 7 Railway Parade, Kiama 2533

Tagged as: , Adults, FOKL event, Kiama Conversation Hour

Ink well writing group

14 May 2024 Join us for a monthly writing group designed to inspire and motivate your writing journey. Second Tuesday of every month, 3-4:30pm. Location alternates between Kiama and Gerringong - check to see where to find us.

7 more dates

Tagged as: , Adults, Youth, Kiama Conversation Hour, Makers & creators

SWF Livestream: Julia Baird, 'Bright Shining'

23 May 2024 Sit down with acclaimed broadcaster and author Julia Baird to discuss her new book 'Bright Shining', a timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary human quality, grace, and how to nurture it even in the darkest of times.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

Sydney Writers' Festival Livestream at Gerringong Library

23 May 2024 Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers - watch headline events from the Sydney Writers' Festival livestreamed direct to Gerringong Library, including Julia Baird, Celeste Ng, Trent Dalton, Leigh Sales, Barry Cassidy and more.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, GerringongKiama 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: Viet Thanh Nguyen, 'A Man of Two Faces'

23 May 2024 Join Pulitzer-Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Benjamin Law about his highly original memoir, 'A Man of Two Faces', about a Vietnamese refugee growing up in North America.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: Suzie Miller, 'Prima Facie'

23 May 2024 Suzie Miller discusses the book and screen adaptation of her popular Broadway and West End play, the disturbingly prescient 'Prima Facie', which dramatises the price sexual assault victims pay for speaking out.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: Julian Borger, 'I Seek a Kind Person'

23 May 2024 Julian Borger discusses his enthralling memoir of family history and the Holocaust’s resonance through generations. In conversation with Michaela Kalowski.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: A.C. Grayling, The meaning of life in a technological

24 May 2024 Pre-eminent philosopher A.C. Grayling discusses the meaning of life in in the age of Big Tech and AI, and how to find answers in changing times.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: The war on journalists

24 May 2024 With conflict continuing in Ukraine, and the death toll of journalists in Gaza reaching alarming proportions, we look at the role of journalists in war – on and off the frontlines. Join John Lyons, Julian Borger and Alisa Sopova in conversation with Hamish Macdonald.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: Abdulrazak Gurnah, 'Afterlives'

24 May 2024 Join Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah as he discusses 'Afterlives' - an inter-generational portrait of love, loss and colonialism under German occupation in East Africa.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: Feminist firebrands

24 May 2024 Be inspired by the feminist firebrands who are fighting for social change with this panel discussion with Hannah Ferguson, Jennifer Robinson and Sisonke Msimang. Hosted by the inimitable Jo Dyer, this is an examination of the most pressing issues facing women today.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

SWF Livestream: Celeste Ng, 'Our Missing Hearts'

25 May 2024 Sit down with Celeste Ng and host Claire Nichols to discuss hope, hero librarians and the power of art to create change, and Celeste's gripping, heart-rending follow-up to 'Little Fires Everywhere', 'Our Missing Hearts'.

Gerringong Library, 8 Blackwood Street, Gerringong 2534

Tagged as: , Adults, Kiama Conversation Hour, Festival

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