Don't miss Brigitta Olubas, Hazzard’s official biographer, and Susan Wyndham, who interviewed both Hazzard and Harrower, as they discuss this extraordinary account of two literary luminaries, their complex relationship and their times.
Readers + Writers @ Clay Gulgong — Sunday 20 April, 9.30am
Susan Wyndham in conversation with Catherine du Peloux Menagé.
Book Launch, The Royal Oak — Monday 29 April, 7pm-8.30pm
Join Brigitta and Susan in conversation with Debra Adelaide. Copies of Hazzard and Harrower: The letters will be available for purchase at the venue through Roaring Stories, with Olubas and Wyndham signing copies after the discussion.
Cocktail Literary Salon, The Women's Club — Mon 6 May, 6pm
Join us for a wonderful evening to celebrate the launch of Hazzard and Harrower: The letters. Complimentary cocktail/mocktail on arrival.
Literary Legends, Sydney Writers' Festival — State Library of NSW, Wed 22 May, 2pm
Explore the literary histories of Charmian Clift, Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower. Learn more about these fabled authors’ work and writing lives with the scholars who are salvaging their stories from the archives.
On Writing Letters, Sydney Writers' Festival — Carriageworks, Thu 23 May, 10am-10.30am
Biographer Brigitta Olubas and journalist Susan Wyndham have edited a collection of the letters of eminent novelists Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower. Reflecting on the correspondence of two important writers, they’ll share what they have learned about the art of writing letters and the relationships that they can sustain, and destroy.
Bookoccino, Avalon — Tue 4 June, 6pm-7.30pm
Join us to discuss Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters – an extraordinary collection of writing from two of Australia's foremost women writers. The editors will be in conversation with Geraldine Doogue.
Author Evening, Barry O’Keefe Library — Mosman, Wed 5 June
Join the authors as they discuss Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters. Bookings essential.
ANU/The Canberra Times Meet the Author series — Canberra, Tue 16 July
Berry Writers Festival — Berry, Sat 26 Oct, 9am-10am
Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard were two of Australia’s most consequential contemporary novelists. Susan Wyndham, co-editor (with Brigitta Olubus) of a volume of their correspondence, discusses with Rachel Kent these writers’ lives and careers as reflected in their letters.
