21 to 27 May: Exercise Right Week, exerciseright.com.au.

23 May to 6 June: Palace cinema, German Film Festival

24 May: Paperchain Bookstore, Manuka, 6 pm, Ann McGrath from the ANU launches Alison Booth’s latest novel, A Perfect Marriage – a contemporary tale of friendships, the nature of memory, and middle-class domestic violence. Bookings here.

Sunday 27 May: 8 p.m., Archie Roach and the Tiddas

Monday 28 May: National Gallery, Reconciliation Day events.

Thursday 31 May: 6 pm. China in the World auditorium, Fellows Lane, ANU, a free “meet the author” event, with Jonathan Miler talking about his new book, Duterte Harry: Fire and Fury in the Philippines. Book on 6125-4144 or here.

June

Tuesday 5 June: 6 pm, Coombs lecture theatre, ANU, a free “meet the author” event, with Sarah Ferguson in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on Sarah’s new book, On Mother. Book on 6125-4144 or here.

Friday 8 June: Southern Cross Club, Woden: Eric Bogle.

18 June: 6 pm, Coombs lecture theatre, ANU, a free “meet the author” event, with Dr Michael Mosley talking about his new book, The Clever Guts Diet. Book on 6125-4144 or here.

July

Wednesday 4 July: 6 pm to 7.30, National Library bookshop, launch of “Dunera Lives: A Visual History” by the late Ken Inglis, Seumas Spark and Jay Winter with Carol Bunyan. With Dunera boy Bern Brent, and Frank Bongiorno.