Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Returns To Australia

NEW EVENTS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED November 2012 Australian Tour Barbara Arrowsmith-Young returns, with the announcement of the first Arrowsmith Program to launch in Australian schools. She will be speaking about her book as well as the Arrowsmith Program and its benefits for students. Please see tour events below.

"Compelling and enlightening" – Vogue (AU) "Exciting and hopeful" – The Age (AU) "Remarkable" – Daily Mail (UK) "Enthralling" – The Guardian (UK) "Instructive" – Kirkus (US) "Fascinating" – Star () "Inspiring" – The Post and Courier (US) "Ground breaking...revolutionary" – India Today "poignant and uplifting" – Mira Bartók "truly heroic, on par with the achievements of Helen Keller" – , M.D. "Hers was a struggle between despair and determination. Determination won." – Michael Schulder, CNN "Arrowsmith-Young explains some of the most complex neurological concepts in a personal and breathtakingly simple way. " - (Canada)

CNN Profiles has just aired a compelling radio interview with Barbara which you can listen to here:

Lynne Malcolm, host of All in the Mind, just aired a radio interview – The Changing Brain – featuring Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, an Australian Arrowsmith student and a parent of an Arrowsmith student which you can listen to here:

Huffington Post columnist Laurie Nadel ran an excellent piece about Barbara in late July, which you can find here:

Barbara will be speaking about her book and work over the coming months in Australia, Scotland, Canada and the U.S. Her book was the bestselling book at the Writer's Festival and was on the Best Seller List in Canada and Australia..

Here are links to some media coverage: Globe and Mail Random House India Good Weekend Guardian Daily Express New Zealand Good Morning Best Brain Possible Courier Mail Review The Circle Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler Life Matters with Natasha Mitchell

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young's Australia Events:

SYDNEY Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:30 p.m. Literary Lunch with Dymocks Author Talk: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Venue: Four Seasons 199 George Street, Sydney

Tickets: $70 Dymocks members/$85 non members Cost inclusive of 2 course meal and all beverages Bookings: Judy Benson - Phone: 02 9449 4366

SYDNEY NEW EVENT Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:15 to 4:45pm High Tea with Barbara Arrowsmith-Young For Friends and Supporters of the Arrowsmith Program The Pavilion Art Gallery Road, Sydney Tickets: $47 per person To Secure your ticket please email [email protected] RSVP by Friday October 26 (limited spaces available)

SYDNEY ADDITIONAL SEATS ARE NOW AVAILABLE Friday, November 9, 2012 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young speaks of the Arrowsmith Program and its benefits for students Venue: Futter Hall The King’s School 87/129-131 Pennant Hills Road North Parramatta

BRISBANE NEW EVENT Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6.30 to 8.30pm Author Talk: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young speaks about The Woman Who Changed Her Brain and the Arrowsmith Program Acacia Ridge State School Auditorium 67 Nyngam Street (take the swimming pool entrance in Nyngam Rd) Acacia Ridge

BRISBANE SOLD OUT Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young speaks of the Arrowsmith Program and its benefits for students Independent Schools Queensland Venue: Novotel 200 Creek Street, Brisbane

HOBART NEW EVENT Friday, November 16th, 2012 2:30- 4:30pm Author Talk: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young speaks about The Woman Who Changed Her Brain and the Arrowsmith Program Glenorchy Civic Centre, Cooper St, Glenorchy

MELBOURNE SOLD OUT Monday, November 19 6:30 p.m. Author Talk: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Melbourne Brain Centre Auditorium University of Melbourne Kenneth Myer Building 30 Royal Parade (corner Genetics Lane), Parkville Bookings 03 9347 1749 or [email protected] Event is Free

MELBOURNE SOLD OUT Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:00 p.m. Literary Lunch: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Farrell’s Bookshop Venue: Table Matters Restaurant at Morning Star Estate 1 Sunnyside Road, Mt Eliza To Register Phone: 03 5975 5034

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:30 p.m.SOLD OUT Barbara Arrowsmith-Young speaks of the Arrowsmith Program and its benefits for students Greensborough Secondary School Venue: Banyule Theatre, Buckingham Drive Heidelberg VIC 3084

PERTH NEW EVENT Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:00 a.m. to 1:30p.m. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young speaks of the Arrowsmith Program and its benefits for students Edith Cowan University Joondalup Cost: $20 for non-ECU staff (cash only on day)

PERTH SOLD OUT Thursday, November 22, 2012 6:30 p.m. to 7:30p.m. Author Talk: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young UWA Extension University Western Australia Venue: Social Sciences Lecture Theatre 35 Stirling Highway, Corner Hackett Drive and Stirling Highway Crawley

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