Molly Murn
Kangaroo Island, Grass Trees & Living History: finding Heart of the Grass Tree?
Short listed Indie Book Awards debut fiction (Penguin Australia) is a searing and hope-filled debut about mothers and daughters and family stories, about country and its living history.
When Pearl’s grandmother Nell dies unexpectedly, Pearl, her mother Diana and sister Lucy – returning to Kangaroo Island to mourn Nell are pulled apart by grief. They are brought back to each other as Pearl pulls together the scraps Nell left behind – her stories, poems, and paintings – and unearths a connection to the island’s early history, of the early European sealers and their first contact with the Ngarrindjeri people.
is a South Australian poet and author. Her poetry has won several awards including a commendation in theÌý°¿±¹±ð°ù±ô²¹²Ô»åÌýJudith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets.ÌýIn 2013 Molly was the recipient of a Varuna Publisher Fellowship and was shortlisted for the inaugural Overland Residency in 2019. Molly holds a Bachelor of Dance, a Master of Creative Arts, and is currently a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Flinders University. She lives in the Adelaide Hills and is Manager at the independent Matilda Bookshop.
WHEN: Thursday, 28 April 2022.
°Õ±õ²Ñ·¡:Ìý6.00 pm for 6.30pm start.
WHERE: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library.
ENTRY: $10.00 per person (GST inclusive) at the door. EFTPOS only. Students FREE. Proceeds support the Barr Smith Library.
BOOKINGS: By Tuesday 26 April to friends_library@adelaide.edu.au.Ìý
Thanks to our sponsors: Mantra Group, Coriole McLaren Vale, UATG Theatre Guild and Independent Theatre.
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