Come along and hear Leslie talk about the writing of the Book of Rachael. She’ll give a reading and do some signing, too. What: A Book of Rachael talk, reading and signing at Leslie’s local bookshop Where: Readings St Kilda, 112 Acland Street When: Thursday, 14 April 2011,

Leslie will be discussing Atheism, Secularism or Humanism” at this year’s lecture. The late Bono Wiener was Chairman of the Jewish Labour Bund Inc in Melbourne. He was a passionate Bundist, Secularist, Yiddishist and defender of the poorer members of our Jewish Community. He was a Holocaust survivor who

The Bankwest press release was crafted to provoke controversy. “More Australians Choose a Good Time over Kids Education.” It had the same flavour as the bank’s offering when it released similar market research last year. “Aussie families prefer holidays and Botox to private school education.” Yes, the Bankwest “Social

Leslie to give Pamela Denoon Lecture as part of ANU Toyota Lecture Series When: Monday March 7, 8pm Where: Manning Clark Theatre, Theatre 3, Union Court, Australian National University What: Lecture on The Sleeping Dragon: The Unfinished Business of Abortion Law Reform in Australia More information: See here [http://www.

Leslie is Centre Stage with Dr Peter Vardy and Assoc Prof Zeki Saritoprak in a St James Ethics Centre and ISRA co-production. Religion is blamed for great suffering, oppression, wars and hatred throughout history. Many horrific acts have been undertaken in the name of religion.Yet, religion at its best

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What, No Baby? takes us on journey into the lives of contemporary women who plan to have it all – marriage, motherhood and work – yet have been derailed by reluctant men, insatiably demanding jobs and ever-climbing expectations of what it takes to be a “good” mother. The Australian Bureau of Statistics

Buy tickets for this wonderful one woman show at the Seymour Centre and stay for Q & A chat with Leslie afterwards When: 23rd November 2010 6:30–9:00pm\ Where: Seymour Theatre Centre For more information: [http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/class/ASCH-1](http://www.cce.usyd.edu.

What: Interview with The Circle gals\ When: 15 November 2010, approx 10:40am on Network Ten

More info: captaineagle on Twitter or "lesliecannold.com" mailto:leslie@cannold.com [leslie@cannold.com] What: Freewheeling interview with broadcaster Eric Gyors\ When: 5:00pm on 89.7FM Sydney

When: September 27th 2010 at 1:15 PM Where: ABC Radio 1233 Newcastle & 666 Canberra

Tune in Monday 20 September to catch Leslie chat with Presenter Tony Jones, the Chaser’s Craig Reucassel and a handful of pollies on one of Australia’s most watched current affairs shows.

Leslie joins Prof Julian Savelescu and former Victorian Labor Deputy Premier John Thwaites on a panel chaired by the ABC’s Geraldine Doogue during Education Matters, Monash University’s annual celebration of excellence in learning, teaching and scholarship. When: Wednesday 15 September. 6:30pm for 7:00pm Start Where: BMW

Join Leslie in conversation with journalist and Harkness fellow Ray Moynihan at the launch of his new book [https://blog.cannold.com/events/2010-09-06-leslie-to-launch-sex-lies-and-pharmaceuticals-in-melbourne/SLP-Flyer-Melb-Sep6.pdf] . What: Book launch and Q & A with Ray about Big Pharma and Female Sexual Disfunction\ Where: Readings, 309 Lygon Street, Carlton\ When: Monday

Here’s a question exercising some voters: What is worse? Casting one’s vote for a man who strongly believes in what’s awful, or for a woman who believes in nothing except getting herself elected? The conundrum exposes the two central items on our wishlist for political leaders: that

Around one in five young Australians suffers from mental illness. These include anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as complex conditions like anorexia and bulimia. Some 10 per cent of young Australians suffer abuse or neglect while one in five has a parent with poor mental health (21%) or a

Coverage of the federal election in the past week was briefly interrupted by the WikiLeaks saga. The international transparency and anti-corruption group roused a media storm when it released a compendium of 91,000 classified US reports on the Afghan war. Among the revelations are that elements in the Pakistani

Where: ETU building, Level 1, 200 Arden Street, Melbourne When: Thursday 29 July, 6pm to about 8 More information: Jake Wishart 0400 444 042 or [jake.wishart@gmail.com](mailto:jake.wishart@gmail.com) [jake.wishart@gmail.com]

Leslie’s been nominated as the best science microblogger – aka Tweeter – for Australian Science Week 2010. You don’t have to tweet or blog to vote. Voting closes midnight this Friday 23 July so get in now!

Leslie to explain why writing for newspapers and magazines is a good thing What: Talk Where: University of Melbourne When: 6 July 2010 Not Open to the Public

What: Radio Interview\ Where: ABC Radio Melbourne 774\ When: 5 July 2010, 3:30pm

Important stories can hit-and develop-at the wrong time. Like in the days leading up to a coup that delivered Australia its first female Prime Minister. Such losses are an inevitable part of an unpredictable news cycle, but sometimes they must be resisted. Some stories are just too important to let

Leslie chats to Libbi Gore on ABC Local Radio 774 What: Radio Interview discussing what difference Julia Guillard as PM will make for women.\ When: 28 June 2010, 33:30pm\ Where: ABC Melboune 774 or streaming live on [http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/?ref=portal_m10](http://www.abc.

Is virginity past its use-by date? Catch Leslie chatting to the panel about a Melbourne documentary filmaker’s decision to auction two virgins on camera. 4 minutes and 30 seconds in. When: Monday 10 May, 2010, just past 7:00pm Where: 7pm Project, Network Ten