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NT Writers Festival Panel Ghosts Within

May 30 @ 10:30 am11:30 pm ACST

Samah Sabawi’s family memoir is a story of love, occupation and displacement from Palestinian homelands, Natalia Figueroa Barroso’s When Hailstones Fell Without Rain covers three generations of Uruguyan women facing up to oppression, and Omar Musa’s Fierceland follows a young woman who must reckon with the sins of her forest-destroying father in Malaysian Borneo. These three books are haunted and compelled by family ghosts. Their authors sit down with Jess Ong to explore how to respond to inherited blessings and burdens.

Book cover of "Fierceland" by Omar Musa, featuring a vibrant pink and purple patterned background with quotes from various authors. Book cover featuring bold, colorful abstract shapes with the title "Cactus Pear for My Beloved" by Samah Sabawi. Book cover featuring a stylized illustration of a woman holding fire, with a purple background and bold text for the title and author.

Find out more about the artists here:

– Omar Musa

– Samah Sabawi

– Natalia Figueroa Barroso

 

Click here for more information  Ghosts Within  at MAGNT Marquee, 19 Conacher St, The Gardens, NT 0820, Australia

 

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