Ginsights at Olims

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Ginsights Literary Events at Olims Bar & Bistro

Presented in partnership with Canberra Writers Festival, Big River Distilling Co, Paperchain Bookstore, and Marion – Elevating Writers and their Art.

Ginsights is an informal literary event held regularly in the Carlton Lounge at Olims Bar and Bistro.  Guest authors from Canberra, our region and other parts of Australia share conversation and cocktails with the keen readers of Canberra. Paperchain bookstore staff come along to sell copies of the authors books. Olims Bar and Bistro will be serving a cocktail of the night featuring Big River spirits and a Big River G&T, in addition to their usual selection of drinks and dining options.

Ginsights is a ticketed event and bookings are required: GINSIGHTS Tickets 5 Feb 2026

Next Event

 Thursday 5 February Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Mohammed is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology After Australia (Affirm Press, 2020). Mohammed’s debut novel, The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists Award. His second novel, The Lebs (Hachette, 2018), won the 2019 NSW Premier’s Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. His third novel, The Other Half of You (Hachette, 2021), won the Queensland Literary Award for Fiction Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Voss Literary Prize.
At Ginsights we will be in conversation with Mohammed about his newly released novel Bugger. Mohammed’s work explores the intersections of ethnicity, religion and class, and depicts the personal and political consequences of both marginalisation and solidarity.

Upcoming Events
  • Thursday 5 March Barrina South
  • Wednesday 25 March JP Pomare
  • Thursday 7 May Natasha Lester
  • Thursday 25 June Jane Rawson
  • Thursday 9 July Emma Grey