2023 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

28 February 2023: Co-judge of Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. Entries close 28 February.

15, 22, 29 March 2023: Poetry workshops for Vision Australia, 8.00-9.30pm.

21 March 2023: Reading at World Poetry Day event, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.00-8.00pm.

24 April 2023: Co-judge of ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Entries close 24 April.

20 May 2023: The Enchantment of Islands: Maria Takolander in Conversation with Eliza Henry-Jones and Rijn Collins, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliff Town Hall, 11.30am-12.30pm.

28 May 2023: A Brief Affair: Maria Takolander in Conversation with Alex Miller, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliff Town Hall, 9.30-10.30am.

26 August 2023: Paris or Die: Maria Takolander in Conversation with Jayne Tuttle, Geelong Local Word Festival, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 7.00-10.00pm.

2022 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

12 January 2022: Clementine Ford in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Queenscliffe Town Hall, 5.30-6.30pm.

2 March 2022: Rhett Davis in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.30-7.30pm.

21 March 2022: Reading at World Poetry Day event, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.00-8.00pm.

15 May 2022: Poetry, Alive to its Time: Maria Takolander and Lisa Gorton in Conversation with Sarah L’Estrange, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Point Lonsdale Primary School, 4.00-5.00pm.

28 May 2022: Solace, Wisdom and Pleasure: Chloe Hooper and Michael McGirr in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliff Town Hall, 11.00am-12.00pm.

29 May 2022: The Lingering Power of Great Fiction: Tony Birch and Miles Allinson in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Point Lonsdale Primary School, 2.00-3.00pm.

4 June 2022: Writers Victoria Writing Workshop: The Power of Place, Bunjil Place Library, 2.00-3.30pm.

5 June 2022: Co-judge of Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. Entries due 5 June.

11-17 June 2022: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies ‘Writing at the Reef’ Residency, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville

16 June 2022: Writers on the Reef: Where Art Meets Science, Jame Cook University (Townsville) and online via Zoom, 4.30-6.00pm.

4 August 2022: Vic Poetry Month Gala 2022: Reading with Archie Roach, Laniyuk, Bebe Backhouse, Mykaela Saunders, Jonathan Dunk, & Joelistics, Wheeler Centre, 6.30-7.30pm.

18 August 2022: Reading of commissioned poem at Body-Donor Thanksgiving Ceremony, University of Melbourne.

8 October 2022: Writers Victoria Online Workshop: Structuring a Poetry Collection, 10.00am-4.00pm

2021 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

7 April 2021: Pip Williams in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Point Lonsdale Hall, 6.00-7.00pm.

28 April 2021: Sue Williams in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 7.30-8.30pm. ZOOM EVENT.

30 May 2021: Favel Parrett and Steven Conte in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Point Lonsdale Primary School Hall, 2.00-3.00pm. CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN.

30 May 2021: Alice Pung and Gina Wilkinson in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Point Lonsdale Primary School Hall, 11.00am-12.00pm. CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN.

9 July 2021: Panelist and keynote reading at Magical Realism and the City: Online Symposium, University of Portsmouth and University of Bern, 12.00pm-9.30pm BST. ZOOM EVENT.

28 July 2021: Melbourne launch of my new poetry collection Trigger Warning. I will be in conversation with Carrie Tiffany at Readings, State Library Victoria, 285-321 Russell St, Melbourne, 6.30-7.30pm. CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN.

31 July 2021: Geelong launch of my new poetry collection Trigger Warning. I will be in conversation with Gregory Day at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 3.00-4.00pm. ZOOM EVENT.

10 September 2021: ‘Lyric Fury: Evelyn Araluen and Maria Takolander in Conversation with Elena Gomez,’ Melbourne Writers Festival, State Library Victoria, 2.00pm. CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN.

17 December 2021: ‘Contemporary Women’s Speculative Fiction in Australia,’ Lecture for the Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, 10.00am-11.30am, Online event via WebEx.

2020 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

1-29 February 2020: Resident at Arteles Creative Residency, Finland.

10 November 2020: Helen Garner in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Readings (an online event), 6.30-7.30pm.

22 November 2020: Stories of Hope: Heather Morris in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Word for Word Festival (an online event), 12.30-1.30pm.

2 December 2020: Maria Takolander and Michelle Cahill in Conversation with Emmett Stinson, The Short Story and its Readers: A Deakin University symposium (an online event), 6.30-7.30pm.

2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

20 February 2019: Gregory Day in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 7.00-8.00pm.

4 March 2019: Jane Caro in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Point Lonsdale Bowling Club, 6.30-7.30pm.

21 March 2019: World Poetry Day 2019, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.00pm-8.00pm.

27 March 2019: Carrie Tiffany in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.00-7.00pm.

27 April 2019: Launch of Scott Pearce’s Faded Yellow by the Winter, 20 Tennyson St Richmond, 3.00pm-5.00pm.

12 May 2019: Trent Dalton in Conversation with Maria Takolander, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Point Lonsdale Bowling Club, 12.00-1.00pm.

2 June 2019: Launch of John Bartlett’s The Arms of Men, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 2.00-4.00pm.

19 October 2019: Panel: Maria Takolander, Alice Bishop & Joshua Cobb, Australian Short Story Festival, Hawthorn Arts Centre, 9.00-10.00am.

19 October 2019: Panel: Maria Takolander, Maria Tumarkin, Julienne Van Loon & Natalie Kon-Yu, Australian Short Story Festival, Hawthorn Arts Centre, 12.00-1.00pm.

7-9 November 2019: Keynote speaker at Doppelgänger, Conference at the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide.

10 November 2019: Submissions due for Cordite 94: ‘Earth’, guest-edited by Maria Takolander.

16 November 2019: Presentation on Bronze Stories: Geelong Unearthed, Reflex: The Future of our Community, Geelong Arts Centre, 9.30-10.00am.

17 November 2019: Panel: Bodies of Work (with Andy Jackson and Lee Kofman), Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 10.00-11.00am.

17 November 2019: Launch of Bronze Stories: Geelong Unearthed, Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival, Johnstone Park, 3.00-4.00pm.

3 December 2019: Christos Tsolkias in conversation with Maria Takolander, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.30-7.30pm.

2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

21 March 2018: World Poetry Day: Readings from The Best Australian Poems 2018, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, 6.00pm-8.00pm.

12 May 2018: Miles Franklin Award Winners: In Conversation with Josephine Wilson and Sophie Laguna, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliffe Town Hall, 3.30-4.30pm.

20 October 2018: Maria Takolander is not Afraid: Maria Takolander in conversation with Christopher Lin, Australian Short Story Festival, City Library Perth, 12.00-1.00pm.

21 October 2018: Closing Address by Maria Takolander, Australian Short Story Festival, City Library Perth, 5.00-6.00pm.

14 November 2018: Maria Takolander in conversation with Markus Zusak, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre.

16 November 2018: ‘Opening Night: Maria Takolander in Conversation with Helen Garner,’ Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre.

2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

18 November 2017: In Conversation with Frank Moorhouse and Catherine Lumby: Writing an Icon, Word for Word Non-fiction Festival, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre ('The Dome').

17 November 2017: In Conversation with Peter Carey: A Long Way From Home, Word for Word Non-fiction Festival, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre ('The Dome').

3 September 2017: Melbourne Writers' Festival New Shoots: A Garden of Poems, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.

1 September 2017: Melbourne Writers' Festival Conversation with Meena Kandasamy, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre ('The Dome').

9 August 2017: In Conversation with Lia Hills, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre ('The Dome').

25 July 2017: In Conversation with Bernadette Brennan, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre ('The Dome').

8 - 15 July 2017: International Poetry Festival of Medellin, Colombia.

20 May 2017: Great Debate: Fiction is Fluff, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliffe, VIC.

14 May 2017: Passion and Power in Short Stories, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliffe, VIC.

29 April 2017: Tracks Fiction Masterclass, Geelong, VIC.

8 April 2017: Every Sentence Counts (with Michael Sala, Ryan O'Neill & Isabelle Li)

7 April 2017: Newcastle Short Story Award Ceremony, Newcastle, NSW.