11am - 12pm | 60 mins
Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature.
There will be refreshments available before and after each panel throughout the day.
About the speakers
Biff Ward’s memoir, The Third Chopstick: Tracks through the Vietnam War, was released in 2022. Her literary memoir, In My Mother’s Hands (Allen & Unwin, 2014), was short-listed for the NSW and WA Premiers’ literary awards and long-listed for The Stella Prize in 2015. In 1984, her ground-breaking expose, Father-Daughter Rape was published by The Women’s Press, UK. Her work has appeared in various anthologies and her novella, In1974, was a winner of the Griffith Review novella competition in 2017. She is grateful to live in Canberra on never-ceded Ngunnawal Country.
Virginia Haussegger AM is a passionate women’s advocate, and communication specialist with unique expertise in leading powerful conversations. She is also an award-winning television journalist, writer and commentator, whose extensive media career spans 30 years.
About the Event
- Accessible parking spaces directly below the Harry Hartog ANU Bookshop are available should you require them. Kambri ANU / Parking
- If you do not feel well, please refrain from attending this event.
- Disability Access available - please ask in-store.
