GRLC Events Team

Gregory Day’s new novel has been described by The Guardian as ‘an electric crescendo of Australian nature writing’ and by The Saturday Paper as ‘a glorious creation, a singing gift’. The Bell of the World is a song about the natural wonders that are not yet gone and a luminous prehistory of contemporary climate change and its connection to colonialism. It is a book immersed in the early to mid-twentieth century but written very much for the hearts of the future. In conversation with literary and arts professional Harriet Gaffney, including audience Q&A. Gregory Day is a writer and musician living on Wadawurrung Tabayl in the Eastern Otways region of Victoria, Australia. Gregory has published five novels and won many awards, including the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. In 2019 Gregory's most recent novel, A Sand Archive, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. In 2020 Gregory received the Patrick White Award for his ongoing work. In conversation with literary and arts professional Harriet Gaffney, including audience Q&A.