School of Communication and Creative Arts
Faculty of Arts and Education
Writers at DeakinWriters Chloe Hooper and Charlotte Wood present their work.
Includes a question and answer session, book sales and signings, and light refreshments. Internationally acclaimed poet and Hon. Fellow of School of Communication and Creative Arts Judith Rodriguez will host a lively and informative evening.
Thursday 28 August 2008
6.00–8.00pm
Deakin University Library
221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125
Map: www.deakin.edu.au/campuses/burwood-map.php
(Building V on the map)
A free event as part of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.
Bookings essential: contact Robin Freeman, robin@deakin.edu.au or 9244 3954.
University photographer will be present and taking photographs for use in future publications.
“People don’t make this kind of fuss for nothing.”
Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Australian.
Chloe Hooper has received much acclaim for her debut novel A Child’s Book of True Crime, which was short-listed for a number of awards including the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and the Orange Prize. With The Tall Man, a work of creative nonfiction and her second book-length work, Hooper looks set to capture a new reading audience.
“From the first pages [of The Tall Man], it’s clear that you’re in the hands of an extraordinary writer, one who spins out perfectly observed sentences and intricate observations….”
Jo Case, Readings Monthly
Charlotte Wood has published three novels all of which have received critical acclaim, and have been widely and favourably reviewed.
Charlotte Wood's first novel, Pieces of a Girl, was widely read and warmly reviewed and her second, The Submerged Cathedral, was short listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Children, her third, is written with the skill and confidence of someone who knows that if she has already done it twice then she can most certainly do it a third time...
Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age
