Pages and Perspectives - Kim Scott

Pages and Perspectives - Kim Scott

Join award-winning novelist and proud Noongar man, Kim Scott, as he discusses his book 'That Deadman Dance'.

By City of Melville

Date and time

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM AWST

Location

Wireless Hill Museum

Telefunken Drive Ardross, WA 6153 Australia

About this event

  • 1 hour

Founder of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project, Kim was the inaugural Western Australian of the Year in 2012, is a member of the WA Writers Hall of Fame, and has been recognised as a WA State Cultural Treasure. He is currently a Curtin University Distinguished Professor in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry.

Join us as Kim talks about the book That Deadman Dance . Set in the first decades of the 19th century around what is now Albany, it explores in playful, musical prose the early contact between Aboriginal Noongar people and the first European settlers.

Enjoy a wine on arrival and snacks throughout the talk.

You are invited to stay around after the talk and briefly discuss your thoughts with other attendees.

Photo credit: Jarrad Seng

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