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.
Literary alumni of the University of Melbourne's Janet Clarke Hall discuss memoir, fiction and their memories of JCH.
As part of the Matter of Life and Death series, some of our finest writers discuss tackling death and mortality on th...