Event:

Jessica Anderson

Saturday 19 August 2017

2:30-4pm

State Library of NSW

Macquarie St, Sydney

In its annual Honouring Australian Writers series, the NSW Writers’ Centre pays tribute to writers who have made an important contribution to our literary culture.

This year we honour Jessica Anderson (1916 – 2010), the author of two Miles Franklin Award-winning novels, Tirra Lirra by the River and The Impersonators, which also won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. Her body of work includes seven published novels, an award-winning short story collection, and numerous radio plays.

Authors Anna Funder (Stasiland) and Michelle de Kretser (Questions of Travel) will discuss the enduring power of Anderson’s work with publisher and literary critic Geordie Williamson. They will be joined by Jessica Anderson’s daughter, screenwriter Laura Jones, and by poet and author, Pip Smith (Half Wild), who will read an excerpt of Anderson’s work.

Find out more about Jessica Anderson via our resources page.

The Honouring Australian Writers series is made possible with support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the State Library of NSW.

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