Group of men and women having a tea party at the Mackay showgrounds, Queensland, 1906. State Library of Queensland.
Each year the National Centre of Biography, based in the School of History, hosts the Biography Workshop series. This series was established in response to requests by practitioners, students, and readers of biography for a forum to discuss a range of methodological issues relating to biography.
The NCB will host ten monthly Biography Workshops in 2025. Throughout the year a wide-ranging set of speakers will discuss their biographical projects, problems, and passions. Each hour-long presentation is followed by a Q&A.
All are welcome! See the program below for the dates and topics for 2025.
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Contact
- Dr Stephen Wilks(02) 6125 2349
Upcoming Events
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Dr Matthew Lamb
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Past Events
Brenda Niall
Brenda Niall
Brenda Niall has written a number of biographies, including Seven Little Billabongs: The World of Ethel Turner and Mary Grant Bruce (1979), Georgiana…
Susan Varga
Susan Varga
Susan Varga's biography of her mother, Heddy and Me (1994), won the Christina Stead Award in 1994. Her latest novel, Headlong: A Novel (2009), has…
Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville
One of Australia’s best-known authors, Kate Grenville is completing the third novel in a trilogy based on real people in colonial New South Wales.…