Embiggen Books is honoured to launch Michael Veitch’s book on the Southern Surveyor. 6.30pm Thursday December 3rd at Embiggen Books RSVP to events at embiggenbooks dot com ‘The deepest trenches, highest mountains, biggest earthquakes, most
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The Tarkine
The Wilderness Society and Laurel Press have pleasure in inviting you to the launch by BOB BROWN of Chris Bell’s new book The Tarkine. The Tarkine in Tasmania’s northwest is one of Australia’s most outstanding
Continue ReadingInterview: Danielle Clode on Victoria’s Bushfire Management Response
A recent headline on ABC news highlights a friction between various scientists and the Royal Commission’s recommendations for a ‘rule-of-thumb’ 5% prescribed burnings strategy. After reading the article I was reminded of the inability to learn from
Continue ReadingAntarctica: Thurs 6.30 Jan 19th
January’s science night is brought to us by marine scientist Matt McArthur. RSVP a must 9662 2062. Diving with the Kiwis among the Penguins I’d harboured amitions to work in Antarctica for as long as
Continue ReadingCoral Reefs & Climate Change
Book Launch and Talk – Saturday 3rd July at 2.00pm The CoralWatch team at UQ has just produced a new book Coral Reefs and Climate Change: the guide for education and awareness. It focuses on coral
Continue ReadingReality Bites is back!
Discover your reality in the words of some of Australia’s sharpest minds and gifted storytellers. Experience the diversity of issues and ideas currently shaping our world. Enjoy a feast of food for thought during two
Continue ReadingSolar by Ian McEwan
Solar had me chuckling to myself from the first page. We meet our main antagonist an overweight, vaguely unpleasant man made up of with 1 part faded brilliance and 2 parts curmudgeon. Michael Beard
Continue ReadingThe Show Opens
Sophie’s passion for her subject is palpable. She is clearly driven by finding new ways to explore the place of seeds as beginning of life and as the conceptual kernal of her expression as an
Continue ReadingA new exhibition at Embiggen Books
New Exhibition 3.00pm Saturday 17th April Homage to the Seed Sophie Munns Coinciding with the International Year of Biodiversity, Sophie Munns’ Homage to the Seed will highlight the extraordinary diversity and vulnerability of the world’s
Continue ReadingPeter Ellerton returns to Embiggen Books
Peter Ellerton returns to Embiggen Books for another cracker talk. He delves deep into the dirty depths of the Climate Change Debate and finds only a game that nobody is winning. He tells us neither
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