Melanesia: Hamish McDonald in conversation with Prof Michael Wesley

Join us to hear Hamish McDonald in conversation with Professor Michael Wesley

Stretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1,200 language groups, many of them still isolated from the outside world. In Australia, this complex region tends to make the news only in times of crisis- military coups in Fiji, Kanak unrest in New Caledonia, rioting in Solomon Islands. Hamish McDonald's Melanesia offers readers a deeper insight into the people and places behind these headlines, combining travelogue, history and astute political analysis.

Free, but bookings are essential.