Name: On the edge of life: Fiction, cognition & emotions - book launch & talk
Start: 2021-12-08T18:00:00+11:00
End: 2021-12-08T20:00:00+11:00
Location: Garden Lounge Creative Space

On the edge of life:  Fiction, cognition & emotions - book launch & talk

Garden Lounge creative space

Discussion & launch of Neurocognitive Interpretations of Australian Literature (Routledge) by Jean-François Vernay

Garden Lounge Creative Space

Join us at Garden Lounge Creative Space Wednesday 8th December 6 - 8pm for a discussion to celebrate the launch of Neurocognitive Interpretations of Australian Literature (Routledge) by Jean-François Vernay.As humans we are driven by our emotions and desires and hardly think twice about how our brain is influencing our choices on a daily basis. Fiction allows us to negotiate our relationship with the world and ourselves, and enables creative writers to lay bare their emotions with just the power of words, to which readers respond emotionally. Come and engage with a neuroscientist, a literary critic, and creative writers to discuss feelings, desire, ways of thinking, aesthetic representations, slices of life and matters of the heart. All writers will be available for a book signing session. Special guestsMC Michael Aiken (Poet and founding owner of Garden Lounge Creative Space)Literary critic Jean-François Vernay (Editor of The Rise of the Australian Neurohumanities, Routledge)Neuroscientist Professor Mark Williams (Macquarie University)Novelist Peter Polites (The Pillars, Hachette)Fiction and Nonfiction author Sue Woolfe (The Mystery of the Cleaning Lady: A Writer Looks at Creativity and Neuroscience, UWAP)Venue Garden Lounge Creative Space, 573 King Street Newtown 2042 <a href="http://www.gardenlounge.com.au" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.gardenlounge.com.au</a>Event date Wednesday 08 December Event time 6.00-8.00 pmRSVP through Eventbrite or in person at Garden Lounge(RSVP is strictly required for attendance as space is limited)Booking a ticket guarantees you a seat in the room on the day. In the event that all seats are booked, outdoor seating is still available on a first-come-first-serve basis. The event is clearly audible and visible from the outdoor space. Tickets include a tea or coffee of your choice.Please note: We are a registered COVID-safe business. All guests and staff must check in and, on request, must show proof of double vaccination. Masks must be worn unless eating, drinking, or in order to be understood when speaking.All our staff are double-vaccinated.Any staff or guests showing signs of possible covid symptoms must not enter the premises and will be asked to leave if they do so.Further details of the Garden Lounge COVID considerations can be found at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gardenloungenewtown/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.facebook.com/gardenloungenewtown/</a>Proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.afran.org.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AFRAN</a>

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