Wheeler Centre author talks - Melissa Lucashenko - Torching the Colonial Myth

Interested in coming along to a talk by a POC author about POC issues? Feel free to join us at this event by the Wheeler Centre, as part of its Spring Fling festival.

https://www.wheelercentre.com/events/melissa-lucashenko-torching-the-colonial-myth/

What's the talk about? Acclaimed Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko discusses her monumental new novel, Edenglassie.

What will happen at this meetup? We'll meet slightly before the event starts, so we can find each other and grab seats together. Then we'll go to a cafe afterwards for anyone who feels like talking about it. Introverts and extraverts are equally welcome - no pressure to talk if you don't want to.

Should I book myself a ticket? Yes! Please make sure to book yourself a ticket if you're coming. RSVPing here will not get you a ticket - it just lets us know you're coming, so we can all find each other on the night. Don't worry, seating is not allocated. Just get yourself a ticket and we'll find seats together on the night.

Author: Melissa Luceshenko

What to read: The book, Edenglassie, will be released on 3 October - two days before the event. Lucashenko also has a number of other books if you want to get a sense of her work in the meantime. Feel free to come along whether you've read anything by her or not.

Longer event description: ‘Edenglassie is an Aboriginal love story about staying human in the face of colonisation and trying to make a life that is adventurous and rich when everything is collapsing around you.’

In her most ambitious work to date, Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Melissa Lucashenko turns her hand to historical fiction. Edenglassie is a blazing epic set in colonial Queensland, spanning five generations to tell a story of legacy, love and resistance.

At this exclusive Spring Fling event, Lucashenko discusses the hidden histories that shaped her extraordinary new work, which takes a torch to colonial myths and grapples with the ongoing realities of resistance.
Join Lucashenko to consider how confronting the ugly truths of the past offers us a way to reimagine the future.