Public Event
Literary Panel: Australian Writers in the World
Wednesday 8th July, 4.30pm
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Room K309
In this special event, local writers Elizabeth Honey, Alice Pung and Tara June Winch take part in a discussion on Australian literature and translation. Writers will read excerpts from their works, reflect on their experiences with writing, interculturalism and/or being translated. The event will be followed by drinks and a book signing. Books will be available for purchase on the day.
Alice Pung
Alice Pung is a Melbourne writer and lawyer. Her stories and articles have been published in Good Weekend, Meanjin, The Monthly, The Age, The Best Australian Stories 2007 and Etchings. Alice has received enormous critical acclaim for her writing. Her memoir Unpolished Gemwon the 2007 Australian Newcomer of the Year award in the Australian Book Industry Awards and was short listed for several other awards including the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards and The Age Book of the Year 2007. Alice has recently edited Growing up Asian in Australia; an honest, moving and often hilarious collection of stories about growing up Asian, and Australian.
Elizabeth Honey
A writer, illustrator and poet, Elizabeth Honey's titles include 45 + 47 Stella Street and everything that happened, Honey Sandwich, Don’t Pat the Wombat!,Not a Nibble! (Winner of the Children's Book of the Year Picture Book Award), and Remote Man (Winner of the Wilderness Society’s Award). Elizabeth's 2007 novel, To the Boy in Berlin, is a collaboration with German author (and translator of Honey's books) Heike Brandt, and centres on an email exchange between Australian Henni and German Leo. Her most recent picture book I’m still awake, still! is another collaboration, with composer and singer Sue Johnson. Elizabeth lives in Melbourne.
Tara June Winch
Tara June Winch is a 25-year-old author. Her debut novel Swallow the Air was published in 2006 to great acclaim. Her writing concerns culture, identity and the socio-political environment for Indigenous peoples. Tara has won numerous major literary awards including the coveted international Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Award, which sees her working under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. She is currently ambassador for Indigenous Literacy Project, the Premier's Reading Challenge, and is youth and NSW representative on the Australia Council for the Arts board. Tara is studying for her Masters and has a daughter named Lila. Her second novel is under contract and she is currently writing a play in New York.
Bookings: mail@thefullpretzel.com.au or phone 9389 0303 (RSVP by Friday 3rd July)
Tickets: $10 (at the door)
Inquiries: Leah.Gerber@arts.monash.edu.au