Hello Petra, I would love to attend. Unfortunately I am Canberra based. If these events were to be streamed onlive I would certainly be signing up.<div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div>Tessa<br><br>On Thursday, November 28, 2019, Petra Dumbell <<a href="mailto:p.dumbell@curtin.edu.au">p.dumbell@curtin.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Just a reminder for the event below which is on in Perth
<b>tomorrow, Friday</b>. It is a free event, there is lots of free parking, you could win an award winning book and have the opportunity to network with friendly LARIS people – I am not sure why you are not registering
<i>right now</i> :-)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hope to see some of you there<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Petra<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Petra Dumbell
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 15 November 2019 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:mcasilaris@lists.curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">mcasilaris@lists.curtin.edu.<wbr>au</a>' <<a href="mailto:mcasilaris@lists.curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">mcasilaris@lists.curtin.edu.<wbr>au</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> LARISA - Author talk with Paul Genoni - winner of 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear students in Perth<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Curtin LARISA (Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Science Alumni) committee warmly invites you to the following event:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Author Talk with Dr Paul Genoni – about his co-authored book
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Half the Perfect World – </span>
</em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Friday 29<sup>th</sup> November – Curtin University Bentley
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">6pm: Registration<u></u><u></u></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">6.30pm: Author talk and Q&A<u></u><u></u></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">7.30pm: Post-event gathering at Varsity Bar, Waterford Plaza<u></u><u></u></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">More information about the event here:
<a href="https://alumniandgive.curtin.edu.au/event/half-the-perfect-world/?utm_source=nc-20191114-invite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=um-alumni-event" target="_blank">
https://alumniandgive.curtin.<wbr>edu.au/event/half-the-perfect-<wbr>world/?utm_source=nc-20191114-<wbr>invite&utm_medium=email&utm_<wbr>campaign=um-alumni-event</a><u></u><u></u></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Register here:
<a href="https://alumni.curtin.edu.au/events/half-the-perfect-world-registration#linkid=um-half-perfect-world-eventinfo-page" target="_blank">
https://alumni.curtin.edu.au/<wbr>events/half-the-perfect-world-<wbr>registration#linkid=um-half-<wbr>perfect-world-eventinfo-page</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul is a former Head of Department of LARIS at Curtin, and has donated signed copies of the book as raffle prizes to raise funds for the LARISA Chapter. More information about the book below.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope you can join us for what promises to be a wonderfully entertaining insight into this fascinating moment in history.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#ab8303">President, LARISA committee, Curtin University
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Earlier this year, Curtin Adjunct Associate Professor Paul Genoni and co-author, UWA Associate Professor Tanya Dalziell, were named winners at the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, where their work triumphed
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Their book, <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955 – 1964</span></em>, tells the story of the post-war international artist community that formed on the Greek island of Hydra. The
community was established by the Australian literary couple, Charmian Clift and George Johnston, and most famously, it included renowned singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his partner Marianne Ihlen, as well as numerous other artists and writers.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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