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Brisbane Writers Festival: Growing Up In Country Australia

Photo credit: © Richard Freeman

Event

Brisbane Writers Festival: Growing Up In Country Australia


Time & date

5:30pm - 6:30pm, 4th May 2022


Location

State Library of Queensland View map

Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Bank, South Brisbane, QLD 4101


Tickets

Bookings Essential

Full $25 Concession $22.50

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About

Roughly a third of Australians live outside the cities. As much as there is joy, freedom and a connection to the land and nature, Australians in regional, rural and remote areas also can find themselves more susceptible to natural disasters and isolation. What’s it like to grow up in this?

Panel: Kathleen Jennings, Laura Jean McKay, Rick Morton
Chair: Emma Jane

Book

Diagnosis Normal

'It is an extraordinary thing, to watch a brilliant mind examining itself and checking for wounds. I’ve never read a memoir like it.' Annabel Crabb

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