#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Meet Joanne Ramos, author of The Farm, which has been described by Marie Claire as “ The Handmaid’s Tale of 2019.” In this intimate event you can ask the author all the things you’re dying to know while enjoying a beverage and refreshments in a tranquil setting overlooking the Brisbane River.
#Artist
Joanne Ramos
JOANNE RAMOS was born in the Philippines and moved to Wisconsin when she was six. She graduated with a BA from Princeton University. After working in investment banking and private-equity investing for several years, she became a staff writer at The Economist. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children.
#Moderator
Pauline McLeod
Pauline McLeod is a teacher-librarian with a Master of Arts in Children’s Literature and the Children’s and YA Literature Specialist at Riverbend Books, Bulimba for the past decade. Pauline is a committee member of the CBCA (QLD branch) and has been a judge of the Older Reader’s category of the CBCA Book of the Year awards. She is a former member of the Brisbane Writer’s Festival LoveYA committee and is involved in creating the BookPeople annual Kid’s Reading Guide. Pauline has a special interest in YA fiction and is passionate about promoting and encouraging Australian stories, particularly through working with schools and teacher-librarians.
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