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Author talk: Stranger Thingies

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Saturday, 23 September 2017 - 2pm to 3pm

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  • General Admission: $10.00
  • State Library Friends Member: $10.00
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Metcalfe Auditorium, Ground Floor
Sydney
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Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now

In conversation with John Birmingham and Robbie Buck

John Birmingham is a journalist, columnist, blogger, prolific tweeter and the author of the Australian classic He Died With a Felafel in His Hand. Join John for a conversation with Robbie Buck as he talks about his new book, Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now, a collection of stories that run the gamut from the early felafel days to the shiny age we live in where Donald Trump is President of the USA. And it does not shy away from the greatest controversy of our age: potato cake vs potato scallop.

 

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