Sydney Writers' Festival Live and Local: Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh

The State Library and Archives of Tasmania is delighted to be bringing you Sydney Writers' Festival Live and Local again this year.

You can enjoy livestreams straight from this wonderful literary festival in the comfort of your own library.

Join acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh to explore the themes of history, post-colonialism and environmentalism behind his rich body of work, including his new novel Ghost-Eye. In conversation with Michael Williams.

An incomparable storyteller, lucid analyst and eloquent polemicist, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh’s rich body of fiction and non-fiction work has shaped our contemporary understanding of history and the environment.

In this special event, Amitav reflects on his career and range of bestselling books including the Ibis trilogy, ground-breaking non-fiction in The Great Derangement and The Nutmeg’s Curse and his newest novel Ghost-Eye, set in 1960s Calcutta.

Explore the themes of history, post-colonialism and environmentalism behind his ongoing work, in conversation with Michael Williams.

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