Stella Day Out Melbourne - Stories inspired by history

Schedule

Thu Nov 28 2024 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

State Library Victoria | Melbourne, VI

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Join Emily Bitto as she discusses how her research inspired her novel The Strays. Moderated by Sally Warhaft.
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Join Emily Bitto as she discusses how her research inspired her novel The Strays. Moderated by Sally Warhaft.

Emily Bitto is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. She has a Masters in Literary Studies and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. Her debut novel, The Strays, was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, and the published novel went on to win the 2015 Stella Prize. Her second novel, Wild Abandon, won the Margaret and Colin Roderick Award and was shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal. Emily has been teaching for over a decade, and is currently a tutor and course advisor at the Faber Writing Academy.

Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer and the host of the Wheeler Centre’s live journalism series, The Fifth Estate, now in its third year. She is a former editor of The Monthly magazine and the author of the bestselling book Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia. Sally is a regular host and commentator on ABC radio and has a PhD in anthropology. She did her fieldwork in Mumbai, India, living by the seashore with the local fishing community.

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