When
SundayApril 7
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Where
University of Newcastle NUspace X207
Level 2
Cnr Hunter & Auckland St
Newcastle NSW 2300
Tickets
$20+ Transaction fee
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BOOKED OUT Things We Don’t Speak About: Mental illness
In this new series of conversations about issues we don’t speak about, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives.
Elfy Scott, Jessie Stephens and Nick Wasiliev discuss representing mental illness in both fiction and non-fiction. Hosted by Maddison Connaughton.
Tickets now sold out for this session.
The Speakers
Elfy Scott
In this new series of conversations about issues we don’t speak about, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives. Elfy Scott, Jessie Stephens…
Maddison Connaughton
In this new series of conversations about issues we don’t speak about, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives. Elfy Scott, Jessie Stephens…
Jessie Stephens
In this new series of conversations about issues we don’t speak about, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives. Elfy Scott, Jessie Stephens…
Nick Wasiliev
In this new series of conversations about issues we don’t speak about, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives. Elfy Scott, Jessie Stephens…
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