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Reading doesn't have to be asolitary pursuit. In fact, wefind the best books areconversation starters. To bringsome of these conversations tolife, UWA Publishing haspartnered with the UWAUniClub to host a series ofLiterary High Teas.

One Saturday a month we hostan afternoon of petite foursand author talks to inform andentertain. From ecology tourban planning to theimaginary worlds of fictionwriters, be lead through

diverse subjects while enjoyingdelicacies prepared by theUniClub chefs.

UWA Publishing is a smallpublisher based at theUniversity of WesternAustralia. We publish booksacross fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Our books celebratedynamic voices and localstories; they capture theuniqueness of our place andinspire us to reflect on ourposition in the world.

Our Literary High Teas provide

a setting in which big questionscan be approached in ameaningful and pleasurable way.

To book, call theUWA University Club receptionon (08) 6488 8770. Please specifythat you wish to book for the"Literary High Tea."

You do not have to be aUniversity Club member toattend these events.

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The Literary High Teas are $45.00 perhead, which includes a glass ofchampagne upon arrival and a dizzyingarray of canapés and petit fours.

Books will be available to purchase at adiscounted price both before and afterthe author talk. Authors are always happyto sign their books.

Address: Hackett Entrance 1, Hackett Drive,Crawley, 6009

The University Club is located off HackettDrive that runs parallel to Matilda Bay.

There is parking available in the ArtsCarpark, underneath the University Clubbuilding or on the opposite side of the roadnear the UWA Boat Shed.

Ask reception to show you to the LiteraryHigh Tea dining room, which is locatedupstairs.

For queries please call the University Clubon (08) 6488 8770.

F E B R UA R Y 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 

FICTION

LEAVING ELVIS AND OTHER STORIESMICHELLE MICHAU-CRAWFORD

We’re travelling light, without excess, into our future.Gran had been rough as she uncurled my hands fromtheir position, gripped around the open car doorframe,and shoved me into the passenger seat.

A man returns from World War II and struggles tocome to terms with what has happened in hisabsence. Almost seventy years later, his middle-agedgranddaughter packs up her late grandmother’s homeand discovers more than she had bargained for.These two stories book-end thirteen closely linkedstories of one family and the rippling ofconsequences across three generations, played outagainst the backdrop of a changing Australia.

A debut collection—as powerful as it is tender—fromthe winner of the 2013 ABR Elizabeth Jolley ShortStory Prize.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle Michau-Crawford’s short fiction has beenpublished in Australian Book Review, Westerly and SpinyBabbler, and she has also published poetry and non-fictionand had one of her plays performed. In 2013 she won theprestigious ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Shehas worked as a university lecturer, speechwriter,researcher and public relations officer, and has a PhD inComparative Literature. Michelle lives with her menageriein a house surrounded by vegetable gardens and fruit trees.

MARCH 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 19TH MARCH

REACHING FOR THE CANOPYA ZOO-BORN ORANGUTAN'S JOURNEY INTOTHE WILDKYLIE BULLO

In 2006, Kylie Bullo and her colleagues at PerthZoo were part of a bold, groundbreakingexperiment that many experts believed wasdoomed to failure – to return a zoo-bornorangutan to the wild. The orangutan they chosewas Temara, a fiery redhead with a will of herown. Temara had always been strong, intelligentand independent, but preparing for the return tothe jungles of her ancestors would put all herbest qualities – and those of her keepers – to thetest.

This is the story of that remarkable journey andof the remarkable woman who helped make ithappen. It proves that the right blend of passion,compassion and hard work can achieve whatmany thought was impossible. And it brings newhope to those fighting to bring this magnificentcreature back from the brink of extinction.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kyle Bullo is a Senior Orangutan Keeper at Peth Zoo and boardmember of The Orangutan Project. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Sciencein Environmental Biology (with Distinction) and First Class Honoursin Primate Behaviour. She has been the Senior Orangutan Keeper atPerth Zoo for ten years, where she oversees primate behaviour, diet,enrichment, health and breeding. Kylie’s journey with Temara was aworld-first, where a zoo-born orangutan was released into aprotected area of the Sumatran rainforest.

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A P R I L 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 30TH APRIL 

TAKE ME TO THE RIVERTHE STORY OF PERTH'S FORESHOREJULIAN BOLLETER

The Swan River has been flowing the samecourse for some sixty million years. This booktraces the relationship of European-Australianculture to this ancient river system. Thishistorical narrative is viewed through the lens ofschemes proposed for Perth’s foreshore, thecity’s symbolic front garden.

The foreshore has been contentious since thefirst plan for Perth was drawn up, and hassubsequently acted as a sinkhole for hundredsof proposals. An investigation of thisarchaeological stratum of foreshore drawingsallows us to understand changing ideas of whatPerth was, what it could have been, and indeedwhat it can be.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julian Bolleter is an awarded landscape architectwith over 10 years of professional experience andhas worked with landscape architectural firms bothin Australia and internationally. In 2014, Julian wasawarded the WA Medal of Landscape Architectureat the Australian Institute of Landscape Architectsfor his research. He completed his PhD on‘Landscape architecture in Dubai’, which wasawarded an ‘exceptional’ rating by a notedacademic at the Harvard School of Design. Julianlectures and researches at the AUDRC.

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MAY 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 28TH MAY 

THE SOUTHWESTAUSTRALIA'S BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTVICTORIA LAURIE

Victoria Laurie offers us in words and pictures thesouthwest of Australia, a land triangle thatencompasses a multitude of natural worlds. One thirdof all known Australian plant species is found growingin the southwest, and the region has been designated‘Australia’s Global Biodiversity Hotspot,’ one of onlythirty-four such hotspots in the world and the only oneon this continent.

Driven by her own passion for this country, Lauriepresents us with the voices of scientists and thosededicated to protecting a fragile ecology supporting upto 150,000 species. Life forms and landscapes are afeature of this informative and thrilling discovery of aregion that has evolved with abundant biodiversitybecause of its isolation.

This compelling book confirms the southwest ofAustralia as one of the most intriguing places on earth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Victoria Laurie is an award-winningjournalist. Her career began in ABC radioand TV current affairs, followed by printjournalism for The Bulletin, The Australiannewspaper, Weekend Magazine and otherpublications. She has been a Walkley Awardfinalist three times, is a recipient of an EqualOpportunity Media Award and numerousstate awards. She published The Kimberley:Australia’s Last Great Wilderness in 2010.

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J U N E 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 25TH JUNE 

THE LEADING EDGEINNOVATION TECHNOLOGY ANDPEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA'S ROYAL FLYINGDOCTOR SERVICESTEPHEN LANGFORD

The advent of the Royal Flying DoctorService in the 1930s was a testimony toAustralian innovation and ingenuity. Muchas been written about the early history ofthis iconic organisation, adapting aircraftand pedal radios to meet the needs ofpeople in vast remote areas.

In this book, Dr Stephen Langford, theService's longest serving medico, providesa compelling account of the Service sincethe late 1970s. Langford's historyemphasises the technology and innovationthat has enabled the RFDS to remain at theforefront of aeromedical care

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr Stephen Langford joined theRoyal Flying Doctor Service for one year in1983. As a private pilot with an interest in aviation andemergency medicine, the North West of Western Australiaseemed a better fit than the sojourn in the Antarctic he wascontemplating.

Stephen Langford was the 2016 Local Hero forWestern Australia, a title awarded as part of the Australianof the Year Awards.

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J U L Y 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 30TH JULY 

MIRIAM STANNAGETIME FRAMEDEDITED BY LEE KINSELLA Miriam Stannage (b. 1939) is a relentlessinnovator. Her practice is founded upon a deepintellectual engagement with, and curiosityabout, the challenges and nature ofcontemporary life. For the last fifty years, she hasproduced a dazzling range of works that resisteasy categorisation.

Stannage has developed an aesthetic thatcelebrates the strange and beautiful that can befound in the everyday: from industrial buildingsites to suburban street verges laden withabandoned goods, and crumbling ghost towns asthey disappear into the soil of the vast Australiancontinent.

Miriam Stannage: Time Framed provides analysison this important contemporary artist’s work, exploring her use of words and symbols, and theconcept of vision in all of its senses. This surveypresents Stannage’s works, many of which havenot been seen publicly, and documents themedia she has worked in, specifically installation,photography, painting, video, prints anddrawings, and artist’s books. Edited by LeeKinsella. Contributors: Helen Ennis, PatrickHutchings, Lee Kinsella and Ted Snell.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Lee Kinsella is curator of 'MiriamStannage: Survey 2006 - 2016', held atthe Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery atThe University of Western Australia. She has curated and managedexhibitions at Australian state andnational public institutions including the Art Gallery of WesternAustralia, The Australian WarMemorial and The National Film andSound Archive (formerlyScreenSound Australia). Lee haswritten catalogue essays, articles andcontributed to several books onAustralian art, co-editing 'Into theLight: The Cruthers Collection ofWomen's Art' in 2012 and'HERE&NOW13' in 2013.

VISUAL ART

AUGU S T 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 27TH AUGUST 

THE MIND'S OWN PLACEIAN REID

Two women and three men, displaced in differentways by the rapid transformation of VictorianEngland, travel separately to a small settlement onAustralia’s western rim. With them they carry socialambitions and psychological wounds. As their livesintersect in the Swan River Colony, what theyencounter is not quite what they expect. Who willstruggle, who will thrive, and how will each reactwhen secrets emerge?

Though fictional, The Mind’s Own Place is partlybased on the actual experiences of historical figures:a pair of convicts from respectable backgrounds,talented and enterprising but troubled; two femaleimmigrants, free settlers, not equally fortunate orresilient; and the first detective in Western Australia,who eventually uncovers more than he intends.

Like Ian Reid’s previous acclaimed novels, thispowerful story explores intricate relationshipsbetween the shaping of character and the pressureof adversity. It reveals damaged families, mixedmotives, and the long shadows thrown by the past.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ian Reid is the author of a dozen books - fiction, non-fictionand poetry - whose work has been widely anthologised,awarded prizes, and translated into several languages. Inaddition to The Mind’s Own Place, Ian’s previous historicalnovels are The End of Longing and That Untravelled World,both published by UWA Publishing. He lives in Perth, where heis an adjunct professor at the University of Western Australiaand an emeritus professor at Curtin University.

FICTION

S E P T EM B E R 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 17TH SEPT

PERTHA GUIDE FOR THE CURIOUSEDITED BY TERRI-ANN WHITE

Where do you find a city’s soul? Where is itspulse, its personality? When we walk across theskin of a city, do we listen for its laugh?

Terri-ann White draws together an eclectic groupof Perth people in this collection to share theirinsights on a rapidly evolving city. From anarchitect’s perspective on heritage to a historian’sruminations on Perth’s swampy origins; from awalk down streets that don’t exist to Noongarplace names; from the union movement to publicart to criminal Perth to conversational Perth, thisbook encourages new encounters with the city.Perth: a guide for the curious traverses social,cultural and political spaces as the readertraverses the streets, kindling a sense of curiosityabout a city by unearthing buried treasure.

This is not a book of nostalgia. It doesn’t posit agolden age or list a series of laments. This is abook about continuities and unfolding narratives.Perth situates the present in the past andilluminates possible futures.

Perth: a guide for the curious is meant to bethumbed through in cafes, stuffed into satchelsand walked around the city like a tirelesscompanion. Perth promises to delight and inspireboth visitor and local alike.

Hear from the editor, Terri-ann White, on theideas behind Perth: a guide for the curious.

CONTRIBUTORS

Terri-ann White; Len Collard, ClintBracknell and Angela Rooney; MalcolmMackay; Helen Whitbread; Kate Hislop;Felicity Morel-EdnieBrown; Michel Lewi;Julian Bolleter; Marcus Canning; PeterKennedy; Clarissa Ball; Diana Warnock;Paul Carter; Geoffrey London; SarahBurnside; Conrad Liveris; Nick Allbrook;Antonio Buti; Beth George; AlannahMacTiernan; Gillian O'Shaughnessy;Andra Kins; David Whish-Wilson; CraigSmith; Ruth Morgan.

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OCTOB E R 2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER

JOSEPHINE WILSONWON UWA

PUBLISHING'S 2015DOROTHY HEWETT

AWARD FOR HERMANUSCRIPT

'EXTINCTIONS'

EXTINCTIONSJOSEPHINE WILSON

Josephine Wilson won UWA Publishing's inauguralDorothy Hewett Award for an UnpublishedManuscript for her novel 'Exitinctions'.

The judges had much to say about the novel,praising its craft and ambition. It evokes a strong,complex sense of Perth, where it is set. It is funnythroughout, in a sometimes wry, sometimesabsurd laugh-out-loud way, but the humour isoften tinged with sadness. The judges loved thebeautifully crafted voice of the protagonist, anelderly man facing the denouement of his life.‘Extinction’ becomes a timely metaphor not onlyfor how we face death and the inevitable lossesthat come with age, but also for the ecologicalissues we face that colour our vision of the future.

Wilson deftly handles complex shiftsback and forth in time and sensitivelyportrays the strengths and foibles of hercharacters. The story progresses artfullyand inexorably towards a conclusionthat quietly resonates long after thebook is over. The use of photographsinserted into the text, a literary devicethat has become increasingly commonsince popularized by W.G. Sebald, wasseen in this instance as a distinctiveenhancement: the images chosen bothundercutting and making ironic the textalong with giving information ‘gifts’ tothe reader.

The judges were interested to discoverupon making their decision that, byhappy coincidence (remembering thatthe award was judged anonymously),Josephine Wilson’s first novel Cusp waspublished as the first fiction title atUWA Publishing (then UWA Press) in2005.

Extinctions byJosephine Wilsonwill be releasedOctober 2016.

FICTION

NOV EMB E RBAUHAUS ON THE SWANELISE BLUMANN, AN ÉMIGRÉ ARTIST INWESTERN AUSTRALIA 1938-1948SALLY QUIN

German artist Elise Blumann (1897–1990) arrived inWestern Australia in 1938, having fled NaziGermany in 1934. With her husband and two sonsshe set up home on the banks of the Swan River,and began to paint. Over the next ten years sheproduced a series of portraits set against the riverand the Indian Ocean, and pursued an analysis ofplant forms – the zamia palm, xanthorrhoea,banksia and the majestic melaleuca – to brillianteffect.

In this study Sally Quin traces Blumann’s formativestudent years in Berlin and her first decade inAustralia, where the artist reinvented her workingmethod in response to the intense light and colourof the local landscape. The challenges presented bythis new physical environment resulted in bold andevocative interpretations of the land.

Blumann was a conservative modernist, but thePerth art scene was not prepared for her expressivestyle, and when she exhibited for the first time in1944 her art was met with bewilderment. The bookconsiders attitudes to modernism in Perth, and theinfluence on local culture of European refugees andémigrés newly arrived in the city.

Working in relative isolation and with little criticalsupport, Blumann produced a striking body ofwork, which prefigured a flourishing of progressiveart in Perth from the late 1940s. In the first majorart historical study of the painter, Quin establishesBlumann as a significant figure in the story ofAustralian modernism.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sally Quin is Curator of theUniversity of Western AustraliaArt Collection at the LawrenceWilson Gallery. Her PhD waswritten on the critical receptionof sixteenth-century Italianwomen artists.

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2 :30-4 :30PMSATURDAY 26TH NOV

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