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LARKIN AND In Gideon Haigh’s new book, Stroke of Tuesday 4 October, 6.30pm WITH ALAN 19 JAMES PHELAN Genius, Haigh goes beyond the cricketing Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St., Carlton BROUGH TALK ACTION legend to explore the real Victor Trumper. Kaz Cooke is the number one go-to advisor THRILLERS Haigh and broadcaster Francis Leach will TIM DUNLOP ON for Australian girls and women. Her latest discuss how Trumper became an icon, James Phelan and L.A. Larkin write heart- guide, Girl Stuff 8–12, is a fun, friendly and including the role of George Beldam’s famous 5 WHY THE FUTURE pounding, high stakes action thrillers, informative read for tweens – and for those ‘Jumping Out’ photograph, in creating the IS WORKLESS each with very different protagonists – of us who live and work with tweens. 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