Stella Day Out Melbourne - Examining 13 years of Stella
Schedule
Thu Nov 28 2024 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC+11:00Location
State Library Victoria | Melbourne, VI
About this Event
Join authors Jennifer Down, Jessie Tu and Katherine Brabon as they examine 13 years of Stella, and what it feels like to be a young writer listed for a national prize. Moderated by Corrie Perkins.
Jessie Tu is a book critic at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and a journalist for Women's Agenda. Her debut novel, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, won the ABIA for 2020 Literary Fiction Book of the Year. The Honeyeater is her second novel.
Katherine Brabon is an author based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her latest novel, Body Friend, was shortlisted for the Stella Prize.
Jennifer Down is an author, editor and translator. Her most recent novel, Bodies of Light, received the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize in the same year. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne.
Corrie Perkin is a books advocate, editor, award-winning journalist, podcaster, interviewer, events host and communications advisor. For 12 years she owned a bookshop in Melbourne and continues her mission of bringing writers and readers together via her media projects. Corrie is a former board member of the Wheeler Centre. She is also the Director of the Sorrento Writers Festival.
Where is it happening?
State Library Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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