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Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne
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Author Talk Series: Fact and fiction, exploring the history of medicine
Apr
9
5:30pm
Other
To celebrate the 150th year of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, hear from authors of books showcasing everything from First Nations Healing practices, innovators and leaders in medicine and social change to murder mysteries and novels grounded in medical history.
These autobiographies, biographies and flights of fancy will inspire and amaze as fact is sometimes more surprising than fiction!
See below for the program of speakers, for more detail and to book visit: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/4ph2
| Title and Author | Date |
Opening Eyes by Hugh Taylor | Thursday 9 April 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
The Bones by Katrina Watson | Thursday 4 June 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Finding Sanity: John Cade, lithium and the taming of bipolar disorder by Greg de Moore and Ann Westmore | Thursday 25 June 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
First Knowledges Health: Spirit, Country and Culture by Shawana Andrews, Sandra Eades and Fiona Stanley | Thursday 16 July 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
BOOK LAUNCH The Remarkable Grieg Sisters: pioneers in medicine and law by Iola Matthews | Thursday 1 October 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
A Formidable Man: John William Springthorpe by Allan Mawdsley | Thursday 29 October 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Missing Skulls and a Flying Coffin: a Pink and Wong Myster by Ross Jones | Thursday 26 November 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Southbank Series: Celestial Threads
Apr
11
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Performance
The Southbank Series opens its 2026 season with a program that journeys through myth, legacy and cosmic wonder. From the rediscovered voice of Imogen Holst to the monumental sweep of her father Gustav’s The Planets, this concert invites audiences into a universe of sound that is simultaneously intimate, exhilarating and infinite.
Program
Imogen Holst Suite for String Orchestra
John Psathas Djinn: Marimba Concerto
Mathew Levy, Section Principal Percussion
Gustav Holst arr. George Morton The Planets
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