Join Dr Roger Osborne, JCU Lecturer in English & Writing in conversation with Miles Franklin Award & Stella Prize Winner Alexis Wright.
Townsville
Date: Tuesday 7 August 2018 | 6.30pm for 7pm start
Venue: The Science Place (building 142), James Cook University
Cost: FREE | Light refreshments will be served.
Cairns
Date: Friday 10 August 2018 | 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Venue: The Hilton, 34 Esplanade, Cairns
Cost: FREE | Light refreshments will be served.
Alexis Wright will discuss her writing life and the way she and her books have travelled in Australia and overseas.
Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The author of the prize-winning novels Carpentaria and The Swan Book, Wright has published three works of non-fiction including Tracker, an award-winning collective memoir of Aboriginal leader, Tracker Tilmouth. Her books have been published widely overseas, and Wright was recently named the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne.
The above titles and other works by Alexis Wright are available at the James Cook University Libraries.
More information and Registration
Townsville
Date: Tuesday 7 August 2018 | 6.30pm for 7pm start
Venue: The Science Place (building 142), James Cook University
Cost: FREE | Light refreshments will be served.
Cairns
Date: Friday 10 August 2018 | 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Venue: The Hilton, 34 Esplanade, Cairns
Cost: FREE | Light refreshments will be served.
Alexis Wright will discuss her writing life and the way she and her books have travelled in Australia and overseas.
Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The author of the prize-winning novels Carpentaria and The Swan Book, Wright has published three works of non-fiction including Tracker, an award-winning collective memoir of Aboriginal leader, Tracker Tilmouth. Her books have been published widely overseas, and Wright was recently named the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne.The above titles and other works by Alexis Wright are available at the James Cook University Libraries.
More information and Registration
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