This monthly event is a chance to hear an expert speak about a book they have chosen and offer a greater depth and understanding of the book.
We have purchased additional copies of the book so you can read ahead of the session but it's not essential. Writers and lovers of literature will especially enjoy the unpacking of this work.
You can take part in the discussion or simply sit back and learn.
This month, the featured book for discussion is The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin.
Our guest presenter is Anastasia Murney.
About the Book
Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (1974) centres a brilliant physicist who travels from the anarcho-syndicalist planet of Anarres to the capitalist planet of Urras. On its fiftieth anniversary, this classic science fiction novel remains provocative, asking important questions on the nature of revolution, sacrifice, and freedom.
To borrow books by Ursula K Le Guin
About the Author
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) was born in and grew up in Berkeley, California. who was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation.
About the Facilitator
Anastasia Murney is a writer and educator living on Gadigal land. She holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, where she teaches across art, environmental humanities, and social movements in the School of Art & Design and the School of Social Sciences. Her scholarship has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Third Text, Coils of the Serpent, and Journal of Visual Culture. She is the Managing Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art and a regular critic for MeMO Review
About the Venue
If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know in the booking order form to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments. Please note: the venue is accessible for people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids.
We may take photographs of the speakers and the audience at this event. Read here for more details.
