Emotional Cities

Each year the country’s peak academic body for Australian writing – Association for the Study of Australian Literature – comes together to unpick and discuss the ideas and climate of our literary world. This year, two of their sessions are open to the public through the Wheeler Centre.

An all-star lineup of literary luminaries, Delia Falconer (Sydney), Kerryn Goldsworthy (Adelaide), Peter Timms (Hobart) and Matthew Condon (Brisbane), come together to discuss the architecture of the mind and the cities that inspire them with Louise Swinn.

Presenters

Delia Falconer

Delia Falconer is a Sydney-based novelist, essayist and writer of short stories.

Kerryn Goldsworthy

Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy is a freelance writer and critic and former academic who lectured in literature at the University of Melbourne for 17 years.

Louise Swinn

Louise Swinn is a publisher of new and emerging authors with Sleepers Publishing, looking after their critically acclaimed annual collection of short stories, The Sleepers Almanac.

Matthew Condon

Matthew Condon is an award-winning writer and journalist.

Peter Timms

Peter Timms is the author of several books, including Making Nature: Six Walks in the Bush (2001), What’s Wrong with Contemporary Art? (2004), and most recently Private Lives: Australians at Home Since Federation (2008).