The Australian Chokepoint Capitalism Tour

Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra (twice!).

Last October, Scribe Books published the commonwealth edition of Chokepoint Capitalism, the book Rebecca Giblin and I wrote about how monopolistic labour markets are rigged, and how we need to think beyond copyright to get artists paid:

https://scribepublications.co.uk/books-authors/books/chokepoint-capitalism-9781915590015

If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/30/i-come-to-a-land-downunder/#anti-podean-pro-artist

Now, I’m headed to Australia to tour the book there with Rebecca, with dates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra (no Perth or NZ this time, alas). It’s my first time back to Oz since the Walkaway tour in 2017 — the tour where Rebecca and I conceived of this book, as it happens!

First up is Brisbane, with a talk and signing at Avid Books on Feb 8 at 6PM, hosted by The Griffith Review’s Carody Culver:

https://avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-ChokepointCapitalism-RebeccaGiblinandCoryDoctorow

Next is Melbourne, where we’ll be back at ACMI on Feb 14 at 630PM, in an event hosted by Esther Anatolitis:

https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-conversation-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-esther-anatolitis/

Then we’re in Sydney for a Feb 15 event at the State Library of NSW, starting at 6PM, hosted by Maddison Connaughton:

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepoint-capitalism-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow

We close out the trip with two nights in Canberra. First, we’re at the ANU Cultural Centre with Dr Andrew Leigh, Australia’s assistant Competition minister, on Feb 16 at 6PM (co-sponsored by the Canberra Times):

https://www.anu.edu.au/events/in-conversation-with-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow

And finally, we’re giving a keynote address for Australian Digital Alliance’s Copyright Forum 2023 on Feb 17: