Seen & Heard Film Festival

Promoting women's work in cinema

January 14th - 17th 2010
The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St
Marrickville

Thursday Jan 14th - Stranger than Fiction: exhibiting both fiction and documentary shorts
Friday Jan 15th - Scarlet, White and Blue: causing controversy over race relations in Australia
Saturday 16th - Festival Gala Night: featuring special guests and performances
Sunday 17th - She's So Unusual: experimental shorts

Seen & Heard is a free film festival showcasing films written, directed and produced by women, a film festival that battles the celluloid ceiling, celebrating the diverse and extraordinary work of women filmmakers and their not-to-be-underestimated diverse and extraordinary audiences.

http://www.seenandheardfilms.com/

2010 New Mardi Gras Short Story Competition

After a fantastic response in 2009, the New Mardi Gras Short Story Competition is back!


The theme for 2010 is ‘Making History'.

Writers can interpret this any way they wish, however the story must feature New Mardi Gras values.  Entrants need not identify as GLBTQ, but the story must be GLBTQ themed.  We have some truly amazing prizes this year so pick up your pen and get writing - we look forward to being entertained, amused, startled, inspired, gripped and seduced!

Word Limit: 750 words

Closing Date: Entries close at 5pm, 4 January 2010

For full details of prizes, conditions of entry and application form, download the application form from the Mardi Gras website

Feminist Bookshop now on Flickr!

See more of our photos on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/feministbookshop

Latest photos include our Feminist Trivia Night held 22 October 2009 at the Toxteth.

Enjoy.

New Fiction for Young Readers

Two of our favourite authors have released new books for teenagers and the young at heart.



The Battle of the Sun
by Jeanette Winterson
Same award-winning author of Tanglewreck, Battle of the Sun is Jeanette's second novel for young readers.



New and Collected Poems for Children
by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol is Britain's first woman Poet Laureate, and she has just released this gorgeous and funny book of poems.

Photos Trivia Night

For more photos Feminist Bookshop Trivia Night see Sydney Star Observer 28 October

Conferences...conferences...

It's that time of the year and we are taking books out of the shop...today and tomorrow Kat is in the city at a big Family Therapy Conference, tomorrow Gail heads out of town to the Women's Refuge Children's Services Conference up at The Entrance...nice...selling books overlooking the sea.

Hon Michael Kirby to launch new publication

Alzheimer's Australia in conjunction with the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) and Aged and Community Services Assoc of NSW and ACT invite you to the launch by

Hon Michael Kirby

of the publication

"Dementia: Lesbian and Gay Men"

Speakers:
Dr Jo Harrison
School of Health Sciences,
University of South Australia
Mark Orr
President ACON


Thursday 19 November 2009
7-9pm
Rex Convention Centre
50-58 Macleay St
Potts Point NSW 2011

Speakers:
Dr Jo Harrison
School of Health Sciences,
University of South Australia

Mark Orr
President ACON

Bookings essential
RSVP Deb Garvan
DGavan@acon.org.au
Ph: 9206 2000
by 13 November