Lane Cove Library

The Impact of Climate Change on Health and Disease. Increasing temperatures, rising seas and natural disasters are a feature of climate change. Despite the scientific evidence for increased carbon emissions being responsible for global warming, governments have been slow to react. In this talk, Penny Bishop an Honorary Associate in the Faculty of Medicine, the […]

Author & therapist Suzanna Hammond presents a light-hearted and informative talk about her experiences of the ‘slow death of common sense’ over more than 30 years as a holistic bodywork practitioner. Suzanna will be sharing some of the funnier and more thought-provoking information in her new book, ‘THE BODY CONNECTION an Analog Reboot for Digital […]

How our family came to call Australia home. Based largely on her father’s memoirs, Sigrid Smee will talk about the often-violent events before, during and after World War II that led to her family’s decision to come to Australia. Her father was one of a number of German scientists and engineers brought out by the […]

Information obtained from the ABS reveals that Muslim women attend Australian universities in a greater proportion than non-Muslim women.  They are graduating with qualifications that equip them for employment in the professional workforce.  Whilst some choose to work within a Muslim environment, others enter the secular workplace.  In this talk, Dr Gai Scott explores the […]

Journalist, communications consultant, north shore resident and author, Suzanne Daniel will discuss her debut novel Allegra in Three Parts, in conversation with WAIG member Maria Zannetides.  The book’s themes range from loss, grief, love and recovery, intergenerational relationships, workers’ rights, feminism, crisis housing, friendship, racism, and the role of men at a time a huge […]

Our regular session, when we’ll talk about books by women authors that we have been reading recently.

Diana Bernard has a social work degree and a Master’s in Public Health. She has a long history working in health, firstly in a clinical capacity and then in prevention, education, health promotion, project management and research and has worked in a broad range of areas including adolescence, sexual health, HIV, Hepatitis and ageing. As […]

Little Books on Big Ideas. Several WAIG members will share their responses to one of these books covering themes such as On Violence (Natasha Stott Despoja), EnGarde (Sarah Hanson-Young), On Disruption (Katharine Murphy), On Rape (Germaine Greer), On Mother (Sarah Ferguson), On Sleep (Fleur Anderson), On Merit (Paula Matthewson), and On Fairness (Sally McManus).