Author Event: Jamila Rizvi & Rosie Waterland
6:30 pm, Monday 19 May
Domain Theatre
Marion Cultural Centre
287 Diagonal Road
Oaklands Park SA 5046
Join Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland in conversation with Libby Trainor Parker as they discuss their new book Broken Brains – a deeply personal book about physical brain health and mental brain health, and how they coexist in two very different spaces.
When, at the age of 31 Jamila Rizvi was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour, she turned to good friend Rosie Waterland for support. Rosie knows what it’s like to live with a broken brain. After a childhood of abuse and neglect, she had been dealing with significant trauma symptoms for years.
Jamila and Rosie soon discovered their broken brains had more in common than they could ever have imagined.
In this brave and honest book they share their parallel experiences and offer exactly what both Jamila and Rosie wish they’d had at the height of their illnesses: comfort, solidarity and understanding. Sometimes funny, sometimes brutal, this book is essential reading for anyone who has ever been sick or loved someone who was.
Author Event: Leonie Norrington
FREE EVENT
6:30 pm, Thursday 3 July
Tiwu Kumangka
(Blackwood Library and Community Centre)
2 Young Street
Blackwood SA 5051
We are excited to be bringing award-winning author Leonie Norrington to share her powerful new novel inspired by Yolngu oral history in Arnhem Land.
Join us for a special event with multi-award-winning north Australian author Leonie Norrington, who grew up in the Barunga community in Arnhem Land. Leonie will share insights into her powerful new novel, A Piece of Red Cloth — based on the oral history of the Yolngu people and co-authored by Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga and Djawundil Maymuru — telling the story of Batjani, a grandmother who will do anything to protect her granddaughter, Garritji.
Set during the early wet season in north-east Arnhem Land, this deeply moving tale explores resilience, tradition, and the strength of Yolngu women, as ancestors and community stand firm in the face of change. Leonie will be in conversation with Uni SA academic and senior lecturer, Dr Julie Nichols.
This event is proudly part of LibrariesSA’s Firstival.
Learn more at firstival.com.au
Parking is available via Young Street or Edward Street carparks with ample parking also available on Waite Street. There is one disabled parking space within the Young Street carpark.
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