Meet the Author is delighted that Craig Silvey is finally able to travel from Western Australia to be in conversation with Sally Pryor on Honeybee, Silvey's third novel, which won the 2020 Dymock's Book of the Year.
Honeybee, from the author of bestselling and class list favourite, Jasper Jones, is a tender, profoundly moving novel, brimming with vivid characters and luminous words.
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) Group will resume meeting for lunch in February, with the aim of meeting the first Wednesday of each month through to December.
All are welcome, long-term retirees, recent retirees and those who aspire to retire soon.
We will meet at The Portrait Cafe at the National Portrait Gallery at 12:30pm. Please let us know if you will be attending as we will need to book.
For those who like to plan ahead, here are the dates for 2021:
The last event of ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) for 2020 will be lunch at the Portrait Cafe, National Portrait Gallery.
It will be held on Wednesday 4 November commencing at 12:30pm.
Please let us know if you'd like to come along as we need to book.
Let's hope that in 2021 we can do without any virtual meetings.
Judy and Helen
Judy Hutchinson and Helen Roberts
Convenors, ALIA CRR
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) hold Connect and Chat events that help retired library folks keep in touch. For most of this year we have met virtually.
The next virtual Connect and Chat is being held from 11am on Wednesday 7 October 2020 and will last about 30 minutes. If you'd like to join in let us know and we will send you an invitation.
Judy & Helen
Judy Hutchinson & Helen Roberts
Convenors, ALIA CRR
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) aims to meet once a month for a Connect and Chat event. This year has been a mix of virtual and face-to-face meets. Our August meeting will be a virtual event owing to the uncertainty around COVID-19 clusters/outbreaks.
We'll meet virtually from 11am for about 40 minutes on Wednesday 5 August. If you'd like to attend, let us know and we will send you an invitation.
Judy Hutchinson and Helen Roberts,
Conveners, ALIA CRR
For our July ALIA (CRR) Canberra and Region Retirees Connect and Chat we are (tentatively) planning to have our first face-to-face event for 2020. Our thoughts are that we will shorten the meeting, making it a lunch-time event. If between now and then there is a second wave of COVID-19 cases in the ACT we will cancel the face-to-face meeting and move to a virtual meeting.
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) is meeting virtually to ensure the welllbeing of our participants in our monthly Connect and Chat events.
if you'd like to join our Virtual Connect and Chat event on Wednesday 3 June, please let us know and we will send you an invitation. The event will run from 11am and last about 40 minutes.
Judy & Helen
Convenors, ALIA CRR
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) is going Virtual for our monthly Connect and Chat events for the foreseeable future. Our next event will be held from 11am on Wednesday 6 May and will last for about half an hour. If you'd like to join in let us know and we will invite you.
Hoping that we can meet face-to-face soon. In the mean time, take care and stay safe.
Judy and Helen
Convenors, ALIA CRR
The first (rescheduled) 2020 ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) Connect and Chat Event will be held on Wednesday 4 March 2020.
