Join the annual conversation during the first weekend of May in the regional town of Clunes.
In this online session of Booktown on Sunday, we join polymath Dr Karl Kruszelnicki as he takes us on a Surfing Safari through Science, in conversation with Paul Fleckney, Clunes author.
A former roadie, taxi driver, TV weatherman, car mechanic, film maker, labourer and doctor at a children’s hospital, Karl has qualifications in science, maths, engineering, medicine and surgery. He is the author of over 40 books, including his latest book for everybody, ‘Surfing Safari through Science’ released in October 2020.
Click on the image to play the Booktown on Sunday November the 29th Session. Enjoy!
These sessions are free to watch but not to produce – please consider donating – thank you!
Booktown has built a Book Clubs Hub as an online space for all book clubs across the country to share stories, knowledge, resources and to connect with authors. To find out more click here.
In a book club? Please help us to find out much more about the reach and operations of Australia’s thousands of book clubs by participating in our National Book Club Survey (it only takes 10 minutes).
The first national symposium on books clubs, Book Clubs Friday, originally scheduled for 1 May 2020 in Clunes, Victoria, will be held when possible.
In 2007 the first Booktown (Booktown for a Day) was held attracting over 6,000 visitors. Since then a two day festival, Clunes Booktown Festival has been held annually in May. Over 60 Book Traders from around Australia bring stock to the town and set up shop for the weekend. Street entertainment, food and wine, music and writer’s talks add to the festivities.
Turning the stereotype of rural towns on its head: from slow, dusty and dry to a hub of ideas and the arts.
We respectfully acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrungpeople, traditional custodians of the land on which we celebrate the love of the book.
Creative Clunes pays respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of lands and waters across the Kulin nation and Australia and we recognise that Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded.
Creative Clunes Inc, the producers of the Clunes Booktown Festival, Booktown on Sunday, Book Clubs Hub and the Clunes Ceramic Award, is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.