Unhappy Families : Fiona McGregor and Favel Parrett
Adelaide Writers' Week - Wednesday, March 7 2012
Australia
East Stage, 2.30pm
In Fiona McGregor’s Indelible Ink and Favel Parrett’s Past the Shallows, families negotiate crisis. In McGregor’s Sydney, a middle aged woman loses her marriage and her health while finding solace in a tattoo parlour. In Parrett’s Tasmania, a trio of brothers endure the tyranny of their widowed father’s violent neglect. Join these two talented novelists as they discuss the violence that lurks in Australia’s pristine places.
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WHERE
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
WHEN
Wed 7 Mar 2.30pm - 3.30pm
DURATION
60 mins
FREE
PLANNER
Wheelchair access
MAP
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
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credits
Supported by Hachette, Australia.
Special Thanks:
Canada Council for the Arts
Copyright Agency Limited, Embassy of Italy
Embassy of Spain, Goethe-Institut,
Independent Arts Foundation, Instituto Cervantes Sydney, New Zealand Book Council, University of South Australia and USA Consulate
This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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