New Release!

Just in, Sarah Waters latest thriller The Little Stranger. Pick up your copy at The Feminist Bookshop.
www.feministbookshop.com
Ph: 02 9810 2666
feministbookshop@iprimus.com.au

The Personal and the Political - Women in Australian Politics

Open Forum Invitation

We extend a warm invitation for you to attend the 2009 Open forum ''The personal and the political - Women in Australian Politics". The night will provide an opportunity for the community to hear our guest speaker The Honourable Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Status of Women talk about her own journey and personal experiences.

The forum will be held on the

23rd April
UWS Parramatta campus
arriving at 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start.

This forum is a continuation of the series which started in 2008 and will continue to deal with topical and contemporary social issues and aim to bring academia and the Greater Western Sydney Community together.

Download invitation with more info here.
Full details of the venue are attached.

Edna Ryan Awards 2009, 8 May

Each year the Women's Electoral Lobby celebrate the life and work of Edna Ryan through the presentation of the "Ednas". These awards are designed to support the interests that Edna championed, and to proclaim the fun and humour that she enjoyed.

The EDNAs are awards made to women who have made a feminist difference, i.e. whose activity advances the status of women:the troublemakers, the stirrers, the battlers, who show extraordinary commitment and determination

Friday 8 May 2009, 6 – 8.30 pm
6.00 pm snacks and mingle
drinks – make a donation
6.30 pm presentation of the Ednas

Snacks and drinks will be available throughout the evening.

Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts
1st floor, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney
(between Park and Bathurst Sts.)
NOTE: no parking available

$25 waged / $15 concession
includes snacks.

For more info and booking form, go to Women's Electoral Lobby: http://welnsw.org.au

Latest Release

Out and About: Sydney's Lesbian Social Scene 1960s - 1980s
$15.00

Uses oral histories and photos to describe women's memories of Sydney's lesbian social scene, from iconic venues such as the Sussex Hotel and Ruby Reds to the Clover social club, women's dances and house parties.

Lesbians in Sydney from the 1960s to the 1980s were as diverse a group as Sydney lesbians are today. Getting out and about meant different things to different women, but all of the lesbians who have so generously shared their memories and stories for this booklet had one thing in common: going out on the town with other gay people really mattered.

Out and About: Sydney's Lesbian Social Scene 1960s - 1980s

Steel Magnolias

"A remarkable play, a triumph...In Robert Harling we have the next Tennessee Williams" New York Times

Featuring Jacki Weaver, Geraldine Turner, Ana Maria Belo, Jennifer Hagan, Debra Lawrance and Marian Frizelle - some of Australia's favourite actors portray six funny and fabulous women in the American South.

This enduring comedy and heart-felt celebration of love, loyalty, and the bonds of sisterhood will begin a new stage life in Sydney from June 5 to 28 in the York Theatre at The Seymour Centre, followed by a 23-week Australian tour.

Book at Ticketek: 1300 795 012 or http://www.ticketek.com.au
Seymour Centre Box Office: (02) 9351 7940 or
http://www.seymourcentre.com.au

Written by Robert Harling (Soapdish, First Wives Club), Steel Magnolias went from off-Broadway play to worldwide smash hit movie in only three years. Harling's play was written as a cathartic tribute to his sister, whom he'd lost to Type 1 Diabetes, and the story is that of his own family.

Laugh and cry with this luminous cast, in a timeless story of family and friendship. Don't miss it!

Originally produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1987 (Kyle Kenick, Artistic Director)

Latest Release

Sexual Fluidity : Understanding women's love and desire
by Lisa Diamond
$42.95

This unsettling and original book offers a radical new understanding of the context-dependent nature of female sexuality. The author argues that for some women love and desire are not rigidly heterosexual or homosexual but fluid, changing as women move through stages of life, various social groups,and most important, different love relationships.

Fascinating chapters such as:
Will the real lesbians please stand up...
gender differences in same-sex sexuality...
sexual fluidity in action...
change in sexual attractions...

...definitely one for women, queer and bft readers.

Call for Submissions - "banQuet"

Editorial team, Carson and Dettoriare are putting together an anthology of writings and art by emerging Queer Australian women writers/artists, 'banQuet'. It is an opportunity for these creatives to get their work out there as there are not many options in the Australian book-publishing world for lesbians and queer women.

They are after works that explore and push the boundaries of LGBTIQ lives by/about Queer women. Contemporary, edgy fiction/non-fiction/graphics with feisty queer protagonists with a predominantly Australian connection/flavour is what 'banQuet' is about. Carson and Dettoriare intend to launch the anthology at Midsumma and Mardi Gras 2010, then promote it at subsequent gay festivals in Australia with readings events.

'banQuet' is a feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer women. If your work explores and pushes the boundaries of LGBTIQ lives and if you are a women who identifies somewhere in the LGBTIQ spectrum, send us your stuff! We'd love to see contemporary, edgy material with feisty queer protagonists living their unique lives.

Email for Submission Guidelines: banquetpress@optusnet.com.au

Submission deadline: Monday, 1/June/2009