Join us for an unforgettable afternoon as we welcome Australian literary icon Helen Garner in conversation with acclaimed novelist Kate Mildenhall. Immerse yourself in the world of literature, as these two brilliant authors discuss writing, storytelling, and the craft that has captivated Helen’s readers for decades. Her latest book, The Season, is an insightful reflection on masculinity, on the nobility, grace and grit of team spirit and the game’s power to enthral.

Enjoy a delicious lunch at Elwood Bathers while engaging in a rich literary conversation. This is a rare opportunity to hear from one of Australia’s most celebrated writers in an intimate setting.

Signed books will be available for purchase, provided by our friends at Avenue Bookstore.

Ticket price includes a two-course lunch and a beverage of your choice on arrival, or add a book by one, or both, of our guest authors ($5 off the RRP).

Join award-winning author and professor of history Clare Wright in this free webinar discussing her landmark new book, Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the people of Yirrkala changed the course of Australian democracy.

In 1963—a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide—the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Näku Dhäruk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born.

Näku Dhäruk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient and enduring culture of Australia’s first peoples.

And it is a masterful, groundbreaking history.

Clare Wright’s Democracy Trilogy began with The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka and continued with You Daughters of Freedom. It concludes with this compulsively readable account of a momentous episode in our shared story.

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