Before Chris Hammer was the bestselling author of crime novels (such as Scrublands) he was an investigative journalist. This work led him to write a prize-winning non-fiction book about the Murray Darling Basin and the people living alongside it, The River.
Join author Chris Hammer and Dr Philip Roetman, environmental sustainability champion, winner of Unsung Hero of Science Communication at the South Australian Science Excellence Awards and City of Burnside's own Environmental Sustainability Manager, as they discuss the updated edition being published of The River and the state of the Murray Darling Basin today. Chris will also discuss his career up until now, including his TV series on Stan, and how this non-fiction work greatly influenced his fiction.
Australia's major river system is collapsing. Parts of it are dying; parts of it are already dead. Australia's most significant river no longer reaches the sea. I look out into the dim autumn light and wonder once again how it has come to this
His travels during the crippling millennium drought take us through riverland communities, sharing the laughter, sadness and reflections of the people he meets along the way. The River looks past the daily news reports and their sterile statistics to reveal the true impact of our rivers' decline on the people who live along their shores, and on the country as a whole. It's a tale that leaves the reader with nostalgia for an Australia that may be fading away forever. First published in 2010, The River continues…
Copies of The River will be available for purchase courtesy of Harry Hartog Burnside.
Tea & Coffee provided.
Bookings essential.
