Join award-winning author Mandy Sayer at events around Sydney and hear about the trailblazing McDonagh sisters – the first women in Australia to form their own film production company.
Sydney
Tea Topics at Woollahra Library — Tuesday 8 November, 11am
Join award-winning novelist and narrative non-fiction writer Mandy Sayer as she shares her insights from her entertaining and inspiring biography of three sisters who transformed Australian cinema.
Gleebooks Event, Mandy Sayer in conversation with Louis Nowra — Thursday 17 November, 6pm
Mandy Sayer joins Louis Nowra to discuss the remarkable McDonagh sisters and the inspiring story of how they transformed Australian cinema.
Canberra
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia — Thursday 8 December, 6pm
Mandy Sayer sits down with Karina Libbey to talk about Paulette, Phyllis and Isabel McDonagh – three sassy sisters in their mid-twenties, who produced four feature films and a number of documentaries between 1926 and 1933.
