tings and times
Some events to which I am in varying degrees connected.
Overland at the Melbourne Writers Festival
27 August 2011 | 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Venue: ACMI The Cube
Launch of Overland 204
Sophie Cunningham does the honours as radical literary journal Overland launches its 204th edition, which features Malalai Joya on Afghanistan and the West, John Martinkus on a kidnapping in Iraq, new writing by emerging female authors and much, much more.
Free, no booking required.
Proudly supported by Victoria University
28 August 2011| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Venue: BMW Edge
Information Overload
Has the endlessly ballooning internet sacrificed quality of information for quantity? Net culture researcher Suelette Dreyfus (Hacker), citizen journalism advocate Jay Rosen (Rebooting the News) and Jeremy Goldkorn (danwei.org) discuss the limits of helpful data and whether the net, while changing lives, is also changing our social structures. Chaired by Jeff Sparrow.
Proudly supported by Meanland and the Australian Centre on China in the World
2 September 2011 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Venue: ACMI The Cub
In Conversation: Joseph Braude
New Republic columnist Joseph Braude's powerful dissection of modern Morocco, The Honoured Dead, arose from his pursuit of justice in an apparent routine murder case. He explores his investigations, from the wealthiest homes in the country, to the Berber heartland and the migrant backstreets of Casablanca, with Overland magazine's Jeff Sparrow.
Free, no booking required.
3 September 2011 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Venue: BMW Edge
Big Ideas: Malalai Joya on 'Ten Years After 9/11 – Pakistan Afghanistan and the Struggle for Democracy'
Malalai Joya shot to prominence in 2005 as a female parliamentarian in the National Assembly of Afghanistan. Since then, she's defied death threats from warlords and Islamists to speak out for the rights of women, and against corruption and foreign occupation. In this seminal address, a week before the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, she talks about what militarism and the 'war on terror' has meant for ordinary people in a region wracked by violence.
4 September 2011 | 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Venue: BMW Edge
The Pity of War: Afghanistan and Iraq
Former Afghan politician Malalai Joya, one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World 2010, respected journalists John Martinkus and Karen Middleton, and Overland editor discuss conflict and occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the consequences of two wars that never seem to end.
Overland at the Brisbane Writers Festival
10 September
New Writing: Literary Magazines
Description: e.e. cummings once said that running a literary magazine was like pushing your head through a straw. Leading Australian literary magazine editors Peter Rose, David Brooks and Jeff Sparrow discuss staying relevant yet sustainable.
11 September
The Digital Revolution: Who Pays?
Deriving an income from the online distribution of books, blogs, news and more remains elusive. Henry Rosenbloom, Jeff Sparrow and Sophie Cunningham discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business on the net.
