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Throwing Stones

Victoria Continuing Education

This seminar is on 17 February, 12-1pm.
 
Introductions to the work of international writers featured in New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week by Victoria University Senior Lecturer Jane Stafford and Reader in English Harry Ricketts. 
 
As an intriguing and provocative examiner of cultural events and ethical issues, literary journalist and writer Helen Garner is an accomplished contributor to the Australian world of letters. 
 
Like Philip Larkin before him, Simon Armitage's unflinching examinations of contemporary British life have put him at the forefront of modern British poetry.
Jose Carlos Somoza gave up psychiatry to write the intelligent, dark, multi-layered crime novels for which he has become renowned.
 
Michelle de Kretser's beguiling fiction, providing razor-sharp evocations of time and place whilst exploring the impact of social and political upheaval on individuals, has won her a wide readership and international awards.

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Duration

1 hr

Venue

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Rutherford House

Price

GA$10.00
Friend$8.00

Booking

Ticketek (04) 384 3840