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PANEL DISCUSSION – LIVING PLACE, WRITING PLACE

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Event Date: 26 August 2023 02:30 PM to 26 August 2023 04:00 PM
Author / Presenters: Rhett Davis, Tom Molyneux, Dorothy Johnston, Kgshak Akec
Event Organiser: Local Word Writers Festival
Ticket Price: $10

“We need to tell more stories that celebrate and explore the complex, dynamic, joyful and sometimes mundane heart that is regional Australia, and the best people to tell those stories are regional writers.” Join us for a broad panel discussion with writers with works set in and influenced by our magnificent environment of Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast and, more broadly, Wadawurrung Country. The panel features Gunditjmara actor, writer and theatre maker Tom Molyneux, Miles Franklin Award shortlisted authors Dorothy Johnston and Kgshak Akec, with panel chair, award winning Geelong author Rhett Davis. With panel chair, Geelong author Rhett Davis (Hovering, Hachette, 2022), winner of the 2020 Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. 2023

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