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## Our first ever A Day in Carlton festival is coming soon! Taking place over 24 hours from Friday 15 to Saturday 16 November, this extra-special event will be an all-out celebration of books, culture and community! Tickets are on sale now.
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## In addition to a host of terrific events featuring some of Australia's best writers, ticketholders will be eligible for a host of special offers, including ...
### Mark Rubbo's pick of the festival, our opening event Underscore will be a genre-bending, genre-blending musical and literary salon featuring Sean O’Beirne, Christos Tsiolkas, Maxine Beneba Clarke, and Sally Ford and the Idiomatics.
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### Join us for a rollicking good time with Real Pigeons author Andrew McDonald and illustrator Ben Wood as they celebrate the 12th book in the Real Pigeons series, Real Pigeons Power Up.
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### Join Erik Jensen, founding editor of The Saturday Paper, activist and author Veronica Gorrie, author and academic Alice Pung, author and journalist George Megalogenis, and Lord Mayor of Melbourne Nicholas Reece in conversation about their experiences with racism.
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### Alice Skye and Yasmin Smith in conversation to celebrate the launch of Words to Sing the World Alive, a collection that celebrates First Nations languages from across the continent.
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### Hear Thomas Mayo in conversation with Shelley Ware at an event essential for allies who want to keep growing the positive momentum towards Indigenous recognition.
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### Join Grace Chan, Thuy On, Christos Tsiolkas, Lucy Treloar, Nathan Curnow, and Nicholas Gadd with co-editors Kirsten Krauth and Angela Savage to celebrate Australian icon Kylie Minogue and the sparkling new anthology she's inspired.
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### David Marr, beloved Australian journalist, author, and host of ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live, in conversation with award-winning author Lech Blaine about Blaine's new memoir and the ties that bind us.
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### Paul Barclay, Walkley Award-winning writer and past presenter of ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas, invites guests including John Safran, Josh Bornstein, Rebecca Giblin, and Jennifer Wong to answer the burning question on everyone’s mind: is everything f*cked?
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### Plus have your photo taken with Mo Willems’ famous Pigeon (he will not be driving a bus), have your copy of Good Cooking Every Day signed by author Julia Busuttil Nishimura, and more!
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