Louise Helfgott on Thistledown Seed
Schedule
Fri Feb 03 2023 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
Location
City of Perth Library | Perth, WA
About this Event
Interweaving fiction and memoir in multiple threads, Thistledown Seed follows the displacement and violence of the Holocaust for a Polish family who subsequently settle in Western Australia. In this deeply moving account, Louise Helfgott explores another side of her family’s tragic past made famous in the Oscar-winning movie Shine, about her brother David Helfgott.
About the Speakers
Louise Helfgott is an award-winning author, playwright and poet with a PhD in Creative Writing from Edith Cowan University.
Josephine Taylor is a writer and editor, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Writing at Edith Cowan University.
Date: Friday 3 February 2023
Time: 12pm to 1pm
Venue: City of Perth Library, 573 Hay Street, Perth
Cost: Free, book now as places are limited.
This event is supported by Boffins Books.
Where is it happening?
City of Perth Library, 573 Hay Street, Perth, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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