In partnership with the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Matter of Life and Death series of events focuses on some of the big issues in life, art and ideas.
Over six sessions, the Wheeler Centre comes to the Festival with big conversations about big questions. In this session some of our finest writers discuss tackling death and mortality on the page, how do they tread the line between the universal and the individual experience?
Chaired by Louise Swinn
Helen Garner was born in Geelong in 1942. Her award-winning books include novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction, including The First Stone (1995) and Joe Cinque’s Consolation (2004), which were both bestsellers. The Spare Room is her first novel in 15 years.
Jeff Sparrow is the editor of the literary journal Overland.
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.
Shane Maloney is one of Australia’s most popular novelists. He has been published in the UK, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Finland and the US.
Brenda Walker is a novelist and Professor of English at the University of Western Australia.
This is a free event. Booking recommended.
BMW Edge Federation Square Melbourne 3000
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