Else by Rose Michael - book launch

Else by Rose Michael - book launch

Come join us for the exciting book launch of Else by the talented author Rose Michael! This in person event will be held at The Merri Creek Tavern, a cozy venue perfect for celebrating this exciting new book. Else will be launched by award-winning author, Bonny Cassidy who describes the book as, 'A testament to beloved Eastern Kulin Country. A generational saga of settlement, and an embrace of the myriad forms taken by knowledge.'

Meet the author, get your copy signed, and enjoy an evening filled with bookish delights. Don't miss out on this special occasion!

About the book

Else tells the story of Leisl and her daughter, Else, who share a language of scientific facts and poetic echoes. When they leave the city for a family home on a distant peninsula, they must navigate a climate of floods, shifting seasons, and of fragile belongings.

Blurring the boundaries between poetry and fiction, Else is a generational saga, a speculative meditation on relationships with self, environment, and history, and an ode to beloved Eastern Kulin Country.

Meticulously crafted and extremely inventive … timely and prescient. JAMES BRADLEY

- BONNY CASSIDY

A singular work deeply corned with relationships, those we have with ourselves, our environment, and our pasts. - ROMY ASH

About Rose Micheal

Rose Michael is a writer, editor, and academic based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is the author of two novels: The Asking Game (runner-up for the Vogel Award, honourable mention in Aurealis) and The Art of Navigation. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Island, Griffith Review, Best Australian Stories, Meanjin, Antipodes, Science Write Now and more. Rose also teaches Creative Writing at RMIT, where she mentors the next generation of writers.

Cover image: Toni Roberts 2006 sun file #4
Cover Artwork: Bettina Kaiser