Helen Garner: The Season
Helen Garner
Thursday 20th of February 6pm
National Library of Australia
One of Australia’s greatest writers visits Canberra to discuss her new work The Season. Each week Helen sits on the sidelines of training sessions and matches watching her grandson and his teammates tackle triumphs and defeats as they fight their way towards the finals.
She’s a passionate Western Bulldogs fan (with an imperfect grasp of the rules) who loves the epic theatre of AFL football. But her devotion to the under-16s offers her something else. This is her chance to connect with her youngest grandchild, to be close to him before he rushes headlong into manhood.
With her sharp eye, her generous wit and her warm humour, Garner documents this pivotal moment, both as part of the story and as silent witness.
Join Helen Garner in conversation with CWF Artistic Director Beejay Silcox.
GINSIGHTS: Dr Rachel Matthews
Dr Rachel Matthews
Thursday 6th of February 6pm
Big River, 1 Dairy Road Fyshwick
CWF Partner Big River Distilling Co and Paperchain Bookstore welcomes guest author Dr Rachel Matthews to Canberra.
A Melbourne-based author who has published three widely acclaimed novels and teaches writing in universities and through community based workshops in Australia and overseas. Her most recent novel, Never Look Desperate is a post-lockdown tragi-comedy that tackles the absurdity of despair in a recovering world, the liberation from isolation and the wild frontier of middle-aged Tinder.
Rachel's other published works include Vinyl Inside (2023) a quirky, bittersweet story of Elise and Sterling and caravan park life in the 1980s, highly commended in the Australian Vogel awards; and Siren (2017) a powerful and haunting novel about cultural stereotypes and expectations, love, loneliness, family and our struggle to connect whilst subtly sounding the siren on sexual violence and its prevalence in our culture.
Presented in partnership with the Big River Distilling Co, Paperchain Bookstore, and MARION.