The Big Read

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

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The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

Welcome to the long-awaited return of the Big Read community book club. This year we'll be discussing The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. Kevin is a writer, poet and US soldier and has won The Guardian 2012 First Book Award for this novel about the Iraq war.

This pre-festival event features panelists Grahame Maddy (soldier, turned lawyer), Sue Calvert-Lodge (Anglican Minister), Heather Marr (refugee advocate) and Crispin Travers (social worker and pacifist). Expect diverse perspectives! Grab your copy from Paperbark Merchants, read it and join the conversation following the presentation.

Presented as part of the Write Great Southern Festival.