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Byron Writers Festival is thrilled to present award-winning Bundjalung author, Melissa Lucashenko in conversation with Kerry O’Brien about her latest novel Edenglassie.

Set in Brisbane when First Nations people still outnumber the colonists, Edenglassie tells two extraordinary stories set five generations apart. In this brilliant epic, Lucashenko torches Queensland’s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.

Event Details

When: 6—7.15pm, Wednesday 1 November
Where: Byron Theatre, 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay
Tickets: $30 Members /$35 General + Booking Fees

About Edenglassie

When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice.

Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Grannie Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives.

In this brilliant epic, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland’s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.

About Melissa Lucashenko

Melissa Lucashenko is a Goorie (Aboriginal) author of Bundjalung and European heritage. Her first novel was published in 1997 and since then her work has received acclaim in many literary awards. Killing Darcy won the Royal Blind Society Award and was shortlisted for an Aurealis award.

Her sixth novel, Too Much Lip, won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of State Significance. It was also shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Stella Prize, two Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, two Queensland Literary Awards and two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

Melissa is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction, and a founding member of human rights organisation Sisters Inside. She writes about ordinary Australians and the extraordinary lives they lead. Her latest book is Edenglassie.

About Kerry O’Brien

Kerry O’Brien anchored the iconic ABC current affairs programs Lateline, 7.30 and Four Corners for more than 25 years. His latest book, co-authored by Thomas Mayo is The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need.