November 27: Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil, a crime novel by Melina Marchetta, will be launched at Muse Canberra at 3pm. $10 includes a drink. musecanberra.com.au.

November 29: So You Can See In The Dark and Other Indian Essays by Claudia Hyles will be launched by Professor Peter Stanley at Muse Canberra at 6pm. Free admission. musecanberra.com.au.

November 28: Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will launch Nauru Burning: An uprising and its aftermath, by Mark Isaacs at Paperchain Bookstore Manuka at 5.45 for 6pm. The goes behind the veil of secrecy around Australia's offshore immigration detention centres to reveal a climate of fear and hopelessness, culminating in the riot and fire which destroyed much of the Nauru regional processing centre in July 2013. RSVP 6295 6723.

November 30: Award-winning novelists Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist will be talking about their new books The Best of Adam Sharp and Dangerous to Know. Tapas and a drink on arrival, and a book signing after the event at Bookplate, National Library of Australia at 5.45pm. $40, $30 concession.Bookings: aussiewritersbookclub30thnov.eventbrite.com.au. Enquiries:0431860607.

November 30: 2016 In the National Folk Fellow Lecture, National Folk Fellow Chris Sullivan will recreate the unique sounds of the concertina from music selected from the National Library's Oral History and Folklore Collection. He will be joined by the Horton River Band at 6pm in the National Library Theatre, Lower Ground 1. Admission is free. Bookings: nla.gov.au.

December 4: Preparing Your Manuscript: An Editor's Tips with Phillip Berrie is on from 10am to 4pm at Gorman Arts Centre.: $110 + b.f. (ACTWC member), $175 + b.f. (General Admission: includes 12-month membership). It provides advice (some computer-based) to help make your manuscripts as accurate, consistent and professional as possible. Concession prices available. bit.ly/2fQcUR9.

December 5: In a free ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event Paul Livingston aka Flacco talks about his book DAAS: Their Part in My Downfall. in which he ells the inside story of The Doug Anthony All Stars then and now and interviews their fans, colleagues, peers and admirers. 6pm, Manning Clark 2, ANU. Bookings: anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415

December 8: In a free ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event. Troy Bramston, author of Paul Keating: The big picture leader will be in conversation with The Australian's Editor-At-Large, Paul Kelly, on Bramston's new biography of former treasurer and prime minister Keating. 6pm, Manning Clark 2, ANU. Bookings: anu.edu.au/events or 6125 8415.

December 12: Professor Robert Cribb will launch Race and British Colonialism in South-East Asia, 1770-1870 by Dr Gareth Knapman at 6pm at Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place (adjacent to the Jamison Centre), Macquarie. RSVP to 62515191 or books@AsiaBookroom.com. Entry by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

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