Heat and Light

Wed 4 May 2022

Boondall Wetlands Environmental Centre

Brisbane as a Storied City

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Ellen van Neerven's Heat and Light won awards around Australia. With the book's close connections to Quandamooka/Moreton Bay, join Ellen in conversation with writer Kristina Olsson at the Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre to hear about this stunning debut work, and experience the walking tracks, Indigenous totem trails and interactive displays.

#Artists

Kristina Olsson

Kristina Olsson is an award-winning writer of fiction, non-fiction and journalism. Her 2009 novel The China Garden won the Barbara Jefferis Award and was shortlisted for the Kibble Prize. Her 2013 memoir, Boy, Lost, garnered multiple awards including the Queensland, New South Wales and West Australian Premiers awards for non-fiction and the Kibble Prize. Her most recent novel, Shell, launched the legendary Scribner Australia literary imprint and was shortlisted in several major literary awards.

Ellen van Neerven

Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh (South East Queensland) and Dutch heritage. They write fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. Ellen's first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award. Throat, Ellen's highly anticipated second collection of poetry, was published in 2020. In 2021 they are the editor of the anthology Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now.