Panel
The Writer as Witness
Tickets
10 May
12:30
Wheeler Centre
60 mins
Access:
Wheelchair
What does it mean for a writer to bear witness? How do writers reject or subvert the constraints of traditional structures and institutions, such as media and academia, to depict the stories of their families, their communities and themselves with autonomy and integrity?
Authors Hasib Hourani (rock flight), Amy McQuire (Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media) and Micaela Sahhar (Find me at the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family) consider these questions through the lens of their recent books of essays, memoir and poetry. Together, they'll discuss the power of unconventional narrative forms as a tool for self-definition.
In partnership with Overland and supported by City of Melbourne
Authors Hasib Hourani (rock flight), Amy McQuire (Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media) and Micaela Sahhar (Find me at the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family) consider these questions through the lens of their recent books of essays, memoir and poetry. Together, they'll discuss the power of unconventional narrative forms as a tool for self-definition.
In partnership with Overland and supported by City of Melbourne
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