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October 2008
26 October

Einstein Factor, Brains Trust Appearance

 

 
September 2008
1 September

Brimbank Literary Festival, ‘Write Sport!’, 4pm

 

 
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.

 

 
June 2008
5 June

University Blacks Football Club Wine Auction, Ian Cover as MC. Click here to RSVP

 

 
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:
Charles Firth, Anita Heiss, Deepika Shetty

for the bat:
Gideon Haigh, Dorothy Porter, Tony Wilson

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
All welcome

9 May

MC Asthma Foundations Bubble Ball, Crown Casino, 7pm http://www.bubbleball.com.au/

 

 
April 2008
18 April

IEC Awards night,
Rydges on Swanston, 701 Swanston St, www.theiet.org.au/node/100

 

 
March 2008

7 March

Author talk to PEGS year 5

 

 
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!

6 February Co-host with Lindy Burns, Melbourne 774, 3-4pm

 

 
January 2008

 

 
December 2007

14 December

Breakfasters Outside Broadcast and my last show! Blue Diamond, 15th floor
123 Queen Street, Melbourne, 6-9am.

7 December

MC Sandringham YC Menere's BMW Cup, Sandringham Yacht Club, 6pm.

6 December

MC members lounge function, AFI Awards, Melbourne Exhibition Centre

 

 
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.

 

 
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

 

 
September 2007

28 September

Host Monash Blues Grand Final Lunch, Harrison Room MCG, interview Kevin Sheedy, 12pm.

 

 
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.

 

 
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.

 

 
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.

 

 
May 2007

26 May

Emerging Writers Festival ‘hypothetical’ –
Are Great Books an Accident?
Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall, Lower Ground Floor, Cnr Collins & Swanston Street,1pm http://www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au/

14 May

Guest on Get This, Triple M network, noon-1pm, with Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee.

 

 
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.

 

 
March 2007

06/03/07

Guest on Get This, Triple M network, noon-1pm, with Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee.
Subscribe to their podcasts here http://www.mmmelb.com.au/shows/get_this/

 

 
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

 

 
January 2007

24/1/07

Tamsin had beautiful baby Polly, 3.42kg.

 

 

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

 

 
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.

 

 
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.

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.

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
30/7/06

Einstein Factor – Brains Trust Appearance

Friday
9/6/06

Leaving for Germany 2006 to write fan memoir.
Friday
5/5/06

Guest speaker, Allens Arthur Robinsons departmental retreat, The Sebel

Monday
24/4/06

Host of 2006 Victorian Institute of Sport Annual Awards of Excellence, Palladium, Crown Casino, 6pm

Sunday
16/4/06

Einstein Factor – Brains Trust appearance

Sunday
9/4/06

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
19/11/05

Trivia Host,
Australian Red Cross Trivia Night for YConnect
(View the promo poster)

Coburg Town Hall, 90 Bell Street Coburg 7pm
Entry $20 per person, $180 per 10

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 Is… hilarious!
Football
The Mirror for Fools

Thursday
11/08/05
11am

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