• When: 23 Apr 2026 at 6:30pm – 7:30pm
• Where: Mooroopna Library 9-11 Morrell Street
• Cost: Free
• Contact: 1300 374 765
• Website: Bookings via Eventbrite

Author Talk

Edward H. Carpenter is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, a veteran of America’s “Long Wars” who served in the U.S. Army and Marines for a total of twenty-nine years, from Afghanistan to Japan, Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. He is the founder of the nonprofit organization World Without War and now lives in Melbourne with his wife and their ever-changing assortment of foster kittens.

Thursday 23rd April from 6.30pm

Blue Helmet: My Year as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan tells the story of a country, a conflict, and the institution of peacekeeping through the eyes of a senior American military officer working on the ground in one of the most dangerous countries on the planet.

Bookings for this event are preferred! Book at the link above. For more information, contact the library on 1300 374 765 or email mooroopna@gvlibraries.com.au.