Welcome to a conversation about the transformational powers of writing. Kathryn Heyman (Australian author of Fury; and longlister for the Orange Prize) and Barbara Else (Laughing at the Dark) join Mia Gaudin to talk about writing their memoirs, how they mapped experience and wrote both themselves and their readers into a life changing journey.
‘A masterful work, a personal and literary triumph … searing, thrilling and redemptive … This book is a demonstration of how courage and fury and words can save you. They can make you the heroine of your own story.’ — Anna Funder, Miles Franklin Prize-winning author on Fury.
'A true tale of independence and grit which could just as easily (though less lyrically) have been titled “Escape from the Patriarchy” — Michèle A’Court on Laughing at the Dark.
The ‘Ticket + book’ bundles are available until 12:00pm on Thursday 7 November. Unity will be at events across the festival for book sales and signings.
A discounted ‘Ticket + book’ bundle is available for a copy of Fury by Kathryn Heyman, or, Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else. If purchased, your book can be collected from Unity Books, 57 Willis Street, Wellington in advance of the festival, or at the event from Unity's book table.
Tickets from $19
