#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Born Into This is a compelling, funny and through-provoking short story collection from a fresh new voice. Adam Thompson is in conversation with Melanie Saward discussing the power and privilege of writing stories from a world of unique cultural practice and perspectives.
Adam Thompson in Conversation with Melanie Saward
#Artists
Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson is an emerging Aboriginal (pakana) writer from Tasmania, who writes contemporary short fiction. In 2016-17, Adam received writing awards through the Tamar Valley Writers Festival and the Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival.
Adam has been awarded a First Nations Fellowship at Varuna, The Writers House, several Arts Tasmania grants, and was one of ten recipients of The Next Chapter initiative through the Wheeler Centre. His debut collection Born Into This was shortlisted for the USQ Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection and the 2021 Age Book of the Year Award.
Melanie Saward
Melanie Saward is a proud descendant of the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka peoples. She is a writer, editor, and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich). Her writing has been published in Flock, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, and New Australian Fiction 2019 and she is the managing editor of Djed Press.
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