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| October 2008 | |
| 26 October | Einstein Factor, Brains Trust Appearance |
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| September 2008 | |
| 1 September | Brimbank Literary Festival, ‘Write Sport!’, 4pm |
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| July 2008 | |
| 23 July | MC State of Design Awards, Yarra Room, Melbourne Town Hall |
| 20 July | Einstein Factor, Brains Trust Appearance |
| 19 July | Anti Cancer Council Arts Awards Ceremony, appearing as judge of Children’s Writing section. |
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| June 2008 | |
| 5 June | University Blacks Football Club Wine Auction, Ian Cover as MC. Click here to RSVP |
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| May 2008 | |
| 15-19 May | Guest of Wordstorm, Northern Territory Writers Festival |
| 15 May | WORDSTORM COMEDY DEBATE That the Pen is Mightier Than the Bat @ Waratah’s Sports Club; Coin Toss: 8:00 pm for the pen: for the bat: |
| 13 May | MC Goodcompany event, ‘Exchange —a Volunteering Week Initiative’, Beer Deluxe, Federation Square Melbourne, 6pm, with Emma Race. Register at www.goodcompany.com.au |
| 9 May | MC Asthma Foundations Bubble Ball, Crown Casino, 7pm http://www.bubbleball.com.au/ |
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| April 2008 | |
| 18 April | IEC Awards night, |
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| March 2008 | |
7 March |
Author talk to PEGS year 5 |
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| February 2008 | |
| 28 February | MC, Superannuation Lawyers conference, Customs House, Brisbane, 6-10pm |
| 21 February | Moderate State Library panel. Holidays, bush or beach? State Library of Victoria, 6-7pm |
| 15 February | Tony and tamsin get married! 
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| 6 February | Co-host with Lindy Burns, Melbourne 774, 3-4pm |
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| January 2008 | |
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| December 2007 | |
14 December |
Breakfasters Outside Broadcast and my last show! Blue Diamond, 15th floor |
7 December |
MC Sandringham YC Menere's BMW Cup, Sandringham Yacht Club, 6pm. |
6 December |
MC members lounge function, AFI Awards, Melbourne Exhibition Centre |
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| November 2007 | |
26 November |
co-host Drive program with Lindy Burns, 774 Melbourne, 3pm |
9 November |
My final appearance as a co-host on Get This. Triple M’s decision to axe this show is ridiculous. To support Tony Martin , Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland, keep downloading the podcasts before they disappear at Christmas. You can also support them via this online petition |
1 November |
35th birthday. Maybe this is the year I get a lathe. |
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| October 2007 | |
29 October |
MC launch of Goodcompany’s ‘Wishfest 07’, aiming to raise one million dollars worth of volunteer services in a month. Co-MC is Channel 31s Emma Race. Beer Deluxe, Federation Square, 6pm. All welcome. http://www.goodcompany.com.au/ |
28 October |
Play in ‘Fair Play Soccer’ futsal tournament for the Triple R team. Raises money for the Happy Football Cambodia project. http://www.happyfootballcambodia.org/ |
21 October |
Appearance on The Einstein Factor as a member of the Brains Trust, ABCTV, 6.30pm |
18 October |
co-host Drive program with Lindy Burns, 774 Melbourne, 3pm |
4 October |
Open Tony Sowersby exhibition, Gallery 112, 112 St Kilda Road, St Kilda, 7pm. I gave an A-Z of reasons to vote out the Howard government. Somehow I missed that X is for xenophobia, instead going with the slightly dodgy X-Ray, as in Camp X-Ray. The crowd corrected me. To check out Tony’s art, click here http://www.tonysowersby.com/ |
1 October |
co-host Drive program with Lindy Burns, 774 Melbourne, 3pm |
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| September 2007 | |
28 September |
Host Monash Blues Grand Final Lunch, Harrison Room MCG, interview Kevin Sheedy, 12pm. |
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| August 2007 | |
26 August |
Melbourne Writers Festival panel ‘The World is My Whoopee Cushion’ with Dave O’Neill (Vega FM, ‘Everything Tastes Better Crumbed’), Max Barry (Jennifer Government, Company), chaired by Triple R book reviewer Michael Williams. Book here. |
24 August |
Melbourne Writers Festival opening night Interview with Dave Eggers, author of ‘Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’ and ‘What is the What’, publisher of McSweeney’s, and screenwriter of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. Melbourne Town Hall, 9.30pm. Book here. |
23 August |
ACLA Hypothetical ‘From Six Minute Units to Cement Shoes’. Hosting a hypothetical scenario with a panel of lawyers, jurists and journos to imagine and advise a young lawyer as she contemplates a descent into the underworld, Champions Federation Square, 7pm. |
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| July 2007 | |
29 July |
Appeared on ABCTV Offsiders program. Pretended to have deep seated understanding of Iraqi and Saudi Arabian football. |
26 July |
Presenter Victorian Cancer Council Arts Awards, ANZ Pavillion, Arts Centre. Artwork, stories and films exhibited at 15@15W 15 Williams St (CNR Williams St and Flinders Lane) Melbourne until 10th August. |
22 July |
Appeared on ABCTV Offsiders program. Picked over the bones after Socceroos exit from Asian Cup. |
17 July |
Author visit to Yarrambat Primary School. |
15 July |
Appeared on ABCTV Offsiders program. Panicked over Socceroos performance in Asian Cup. |
8 July |
Appeared on ABCTV Offsiders program with Barry Cassidy. Enthused over Socceroos chances in Asian Cup. Pulled this face a lot. |
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| June 2007 | |
17 June |
appearing on Einstein Factor, ABCTV, 6.30pm. |
4 June |
– ‘Exploring the World: Journeys in Print’ panel at State Library of Victoria. Other panelists Richard I’Anson (Lonely Planet photographer), Caron Dann (travel writer Herald Sun), Richard White (University of Sydney) and Carolyn Lockhart (former editor Australian Gourmet Traveller). Event at State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, 6.30-7.45pm. |
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| May 2007 | |
26 May |
Emerging Writers Festival ‘hypothetical’ – |
14 May |
Guest on Get This, Triple M network, noon-1pm, with Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee. |
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| April 2007 | |
13/4/07 |
Story time at the North Fitzroy Library with reading from Grannysaurus Rex. 11am-noon. |
11/4/07 |
Talk at Moonee Ponds Library, 9 Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds, 7pm. To book, call 8325 1950 or click here. The cost is $5. |
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| March 2007 | |
06/03/07 |
Guest on Get This, Triple M network, noon-1pm, with Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee. |
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| February 2007 | |
25/02/07 |
Inaugural Triple R cricket match versus Overland for the Jack Clancy Cup. Triple R 4/197 d Overland 8/180. Wilson made 51*, but undid some of the good work by being the only adult to wear a helmet. |
22/2/07 |
MC/Guest Speaker, Superannuation Law Conference, Law Council of Australia, Adelaide |
18/2/07 |
MC Celebrate Yarra, Edinburgh Gardens. Interview Andy Griffiths |
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| January 2007 | |
24/1/07 |
Tamsin had beautiful baby Polly, 3.42kg.
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| December 2006 | |
15/12/06 |
Outside broadcast for final show of Breakfasters for 2006. Fitzroy Bowling Club, 6-9am, St Georges Road, North Fitzroy. |
9/12/06 |
East Melbourne library ‘Sustainability Day’. Reading and signing ‘The Thirsty Flowers’, 122 George Street, East Melbourne, 11.30am. |
5/12/06 |
Victorian Writers Centre ‘Under the Influence’ night where authors talk about literary influences, 7pm |
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| November 2006 | |
29/11/06 |
Guest speaker Borders VIP night – Camberwell |
29/11/06 |
Hosting The Third Umpire at www.theage.com.au and www.smh.com.au with Dean Jones and Greg Baum. A panel previewing each Test in the Ashes series. |
26/11/06 |
Guest speaker, Chairman’s lunch, Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets, Telstra Dome. |
24/11/06 |
Triple R Party Like It’s 1976 Ball, Forum Theatre, Melbourne. Dressing as Chief from ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’. |
24/11/06 |
MC Powercorp/Citipower Business Innovation Awards, Zinc, Federation Square, Melbourne. |
22/11/06 |
Guest speaker Borders VIP night – Highpoint |
14/11/06 |
Launch of Australia United, Edinburgh Gardens for football match at 6pm, then North Fitzroy Arms. |
09/11/06 |
In conversation with The Chaser’s Charles Firth, author of ‘American Hoax’, Sleepers Salon, Trades Hall Bar, 54 Victoria Street (cnr Lygon Street), 8pm. http://www.sleeperspublishing.com/salons.html |
01/11/06 |
Australia United released in bookstores. Tony turns 34. |
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| October 2007 | |
18/10/06 |
Address to creative writing students, VictoriaUniversity, St Albans campus, 7pm |
24/10/06 |
Interview award winning picture book author and illustrator Shaun Tan about his new book ‘The Arrival’ Dymocks, 234 Collins Street, Melbourne, 6-7pm. Bookings are essential: Phone: 9660 8500, Fax: 9663 6901, E-mail: levents@dymocks.com.au or book in-store. |
27/10/06 |
Guest speaker, Society of University Lawyers Conference, Level 10, Law School Building, University of Melbourne. To register, call Chantal Hildyard on (03) 8344 2032. |
31/10/06 |
Co-host goodcompany’s ‘Find Your Perfect Match’ with Breakfasters Saluter, Emma Race. Word Warehouse, 14 Goldie Place, Melbourne, 6pm. For more details about the event and goodcompany, click here. |
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15/10/06 |
Launch of Thirsty Flowers, Books Illustrated, GasworksPark, Albert Park, 2-4.30pm.
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| 12/10/06 | Guest speaker, Hall and Wilcox client night, European Bier Café, Melbourne, 7pm. |
| 6/10/06 | MC Kool Skools at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre, Melbourne. Performed death metal version of ‘The Thirsty Flowers’. |
| 5/10/06 | ‘Get On the Green’ radio bowls challenge. The Breakfasters came third behind Mix FM and Sport 927.
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| 26/9/06 | ‘Get This’ with Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, Triple M. For podcast, go to http://podcasts.triplem.com.au/get_this.xmland download best of week 5/10/06 |
24/9/06 |
Hockey debut for The All-Stars versus The Offsiders, State Hockey Centre, 1pm. Replayed on Channel 31’s The Hockey Show, 27/9/06, 8pm |
31/8/06 |
Meet the Author Lunch, Belgrave Library |
25/8/06 |
Guest speaker, Annual Conference, ANZ Legal Department, Bellinzona Grange Country Retreat, Hepburn Springs |
5/8/06 |
Host ‘States of Independence Panel’ at Melbourne International Film Festival, Coopers Festival Lounge, Forum Theatre, Melbourne |
3/8/06 |
Guest on Afternoons with Richard Stubbs on 774 Melbourne as part of International Wilson Day. Good Wilson to you! |
Sunday |
Einstein Factor – Brains Trust Appearance |
Friday |
Leaving for Germany 2006 to write fan memoir. |
| Friday 5/5/06 |
Guest speaker, Allens Arthur Robinsons departmental retreat, The Sebel |
Monday |
Host of 2006 Victorian Institute of Sport Annual Awards of Excellence, Palladium, Crown Casino, 6pm |
Sunday |
Einstein Factor – Brains Trust appearance |
Sunday |
Einstein Factor – Brains Trust appearance |
| Saturday 8/4/06 |
Emerging Writers Festival, panel discussion, Yarra Room, Melbourne Town Hall |
| Sunday 11/12/05 |
Master of Ceremonies for the Gala & Awards night of ‘Short & Sweet’, a 10-minute play and playwriting competition known as ‘The Tropfest of Theatre’. The Arts Centre. |
| Tuesday 22/11/05 |
Launching FLY magazine, The Big Moment party, Cube 37, Frankston. |
| Saturday |
Trivia Host, Coburg Town Hall, 90 Bell Street Coburg 7pm |
| Saturday 29/10/05 | MC, Kool Skools award night for best secondary school music acts from around Victoria, Telstra Dome, 6.30pm |
| Wednesday 26/10/05 | co-host Conversation hour with Jon Faine. Interview Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh about his long awaited autobiography ‘Out of My Comfort Zone’ (Penguin Books) 11am |
| Monday 24/10/05 |
MC, School Libraries Association Awards Dinner, Duxton Hotel, Flinders Street Melbourne |
Sunday 23/10/05 |
Meet the Author, Carnegie Public Library, 7 Shepperson Avenue, Carnegie, 2-3pm |
| Friday 27/9/05 |
Keynote address, Round Square International Conference, The Ridgeway, Ivanhoe Grammar School, 10.45am |
Thursday 26/9/05 |
Opening Melbourne Fringe Festival art exhibition ‘Flush – a quest for Melbourne’s best public toilet in art, architecture and history’ 6pm City Gallery, Melbiourne Town Hall. My girlfriend Tamsin Molesworth has two works in the exhibition. |
| MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL | |
| Sat 20 Aug, Beckett Theatre |
Melbourne Is… hilarious! |
| Tue 23 Aug, |
Football |
| Sat 27 Aug, |
The Mirror for Fools |
Thursday |
Co-host conversation hour with Jon Faine Melbourne 774 |
| Wednesday 14/09/05 |
Jane Clifton and Tony Wilson in conversation: from stage to page.
Mooroolbark Library |
| Friday 09/09/05 Noon |
MC for IWIRC Australian Network Grand Final Lunch at Crown Palladium |
| Wednesday 24/08/05 7-8pm |
Meet the author Glen Waverley Library, 112 Kingsway, Glen Waverley |
| 27/5/05 & 28/5/05 |
Appeared at the Sydney Writers Festival |
| 14/5/05 | Appeared at the Williamstown Literary festival |
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