King O’Malley’s Irish Pub
131 City Walk, Canberra
Free Event
From the Perth Festival Website
“Alom Shaha (UK) is a filmmaker, science writer and public speaker, who also finds time to teach Physics at a Comprehensive School in London. He has a reputation for making science and other difficult ideas easy to understand for mass audiences, having worked as a creative consultant on projects from community arts events to children’s TV programs. His creative approach to science communication has been recognised with a fellowship from the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts. The Young Atheists Handbook is due for publication in 2012.”