Melanie Joosten

The second novel by Melbourne-based writer Melanie Joosten’s is Gravity Well. She is also the author of the non-fiction collection A Long Time Coming: Essays on Old Age and the novel Berlin Syndrome. Melanie was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist in 2012 and received the Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers. Berlin Syndrome was recently released as a film directed by Cate Shortland.

Appearing at:

Emerging Australian novelists with Alice Campion, Meredith Jaffé and Rachel Leary
Saturday 2.00-3.00pm, St Albans Church
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Ageing: facts and fictions with Fiona McFarlane and Tony Doherty
Sunday 12.00-1.00pm, The ‘Gabrielle’ Marquee
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The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Award Interview with Rachel Landers, 
Sunday 1.30-2.15pm, The Saturday Paper Festival Centre Marquee
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Intimate terrorism with  Meredith Jaffé and Kathryn Heyman
Sunday 4.00-5.00pm, The ‘Gabrielle’ Marquee
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