Mandy Sayer

Mandy Sayer is an award-winning novelist and narrative non-fiction writer. Her memoir, No Dancing in the Lift, is published by Transit Lounge

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Mandy Sayer

Mandy Sayer is an award-winning novelist and narrative non-fiction writer. Her honours include the Vogel Award (Mood Indigo), the National Biography Award, and the Australian Audio Book of the Year (Dreamtime Alice: A Memoir); the South Australian Premier’s Award for Non-Fiction, and The Age Book of the Year for Non-fiction (Velocity: A Memoir); and the Davitt Award for Young Adult Fiction (The Night has a Thousand Eyes). In 2021, she was the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, which supported her research and writing of Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s First Female Filmmaking Team, published 2022. Her work has been published in the US, the UK, Germany, Brazil, Japan, and China. Her most recent book is the memoir, No Dancing in the Lift. She lives in Sydney with her husband, playwright and author, Louis Nowra.

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Our Fathers: Adam Courtenay, Mandy Sayer, and S. Shakthidharan

DATE March 29 TIME 1:00 pm WHEREHunter Room Newcastle City Hall Book now

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A book cover featuring a black and white photograph of two people holding each other and dancing, each with one foot in the air. The title "No dancing in the lift" in all-caps white is overlaid.

No Dancing In the Lift

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