FrankTALK with Hugh Mackay

Next date: Wednesday, 29 October 2025 | 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM

Hugh Mackay is back with his latest release Just Saying, a series of personal reflections on 25 famous quotes, from Pato to Susan Sontagi. Some serious, some light-hearted, but always intriguing and insightful.

Interpreting our world and inspiring us to do better, Mackay explores themes ranging from kindness and humility to power and prejudice; from gender equality to ethnic diversity; from coping with change to the damage inflicted on ourselves by revenge, and the great gulf between propriety and virtue.

About Hugh Mackay:

Described as ‘the man who explains us to ourselves’, Hugh Mackay is a social psychologist and the bestselling author of twenty-five books, including The Way We Are and The Kindness Revolution. He had a sixty-year career in social research and was for thirty years a weekly newspaper columnist.

In recognition of his pioneering work in social research, he has been awarded honorary doctorates by five Australian universities and in 2016 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

This event is offered in collaboration with Frankston City Council Positive Aging during Frankston Senior's Festival 2025.

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Frankston Library, 60 Playne Street, Frankston, 3199, View Map