Join us for the book launch of David Kelly's,'State of Origin'. This heart-warming and harrowing story shows what happens when the Stolen Generation, Ava Gardner, the Russian Royal Family and evil step-fathers converge in the creation of identity. It's an exploration of what parts of a childhood continue to bond long after a family has been blown apart.
Helen Garner writes, 'How moving they are, the heroic imaginations of abandoned children.'
Michael Sala describes, 'The book is a delight. It is harrowing. It is haunting. It is the sort that will make you laugh out loud one moment and move you beyond words the next. It is the most powerful memoir I have read in years.'
Book to be launched by national award-winning writer, Helen Garner. 5pm-7pm Sunday 25th August
About David Kelly
David Owen Kelly is a memoirist, novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He was born in Queensland and adopted into a crazy, large, mess of a family. It's these stories regarding family (and how to survive them) that inform his memoir 'State of Origin'. He lives in Newcastle because, for one thing, distance makes the heart grow fonder, and oh, because he loves it!
Workshop Schedule
Book launch and reading from 5pm-7pm. Drinks and light refreshments provided.
About David Kelly
David Owen Kelly is a memoirist, novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He was born in Queensland and adopted into a crazy, large, mess of a family. It's these stories regarding family (and how to survive them) that inform his memoir 'State of Origin'. He lives in Newcastle because, for one thing, distance makes the heart grow fonder, and oh, because he loves it!
David Owen Kelly is a memoirist, novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He was born in Queensland and adopted into a crazy, large, mess of a family. It's these stories regarding family (and how to survive them) that inform his memoir 'State of Origin'. He lives in Newcastle because, for one thing, distance makes the heart grow fonder, and oh, because he loves it!