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2023 Carriageworks Bookshop Birdseye (Jamie Williams)

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Deborah Baker: Charlottesville: An American Story

Florence Knapp: The Names

An Evening with R.F. Kuang

Friday 22 May

Murder, Mystery & Mayhem

Saturday 23 May

2023 Audience Appaulding Sydney Town Hall (Jacquie Manning)

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