UQ's In Conversation with Anita Shreve 'My Life in Writing'
Event Details
- Date:
- Friday, 09 September 2011
- Time:
- 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm
- Room:
- Auditorium, Level 3
- Location:
- (entry via ramp from Chancellors Place)
- UQ Location:
- Queensland Bioscience Precinct (St Lucia)
- URL:
- http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Jasmin Haddadi
- Phone:
- 336 57045
- Email:
- j.haddadi@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Protocol
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Professor Paul Greenfield AO, Vice-Chancellor, UQ will host an In Conversation with Anita Shreve on Friday 9 September 2011, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, followed by refreshments until 4.15pm.
This event is being held in association with the Brisbane Writers Festival.
Anita Shreve started her writing career as a journalist and her award-winning short stories and non-fiction have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Esquire. Shreve travelled to Nairobi, Kenya, where she lived for three years, working as a journalist for an African magazine. Anita is the author of 14 previous acclaimed novels such as The Weight of Water, The Pilot's Wife, Light on Snow, A Wedding in December, Body Surfing and Testimony. She lives in Massachusetts.
Attendance at this event is complimentary but seats are strictly limited.
If you are interested in attending this event, please RSVP at your earliest convenience to Ms Jasmin Haddadi, UQ Protocol Officer - Email: j.haddadi@uq.edu.au - Enquiries: (07) 3365 7045 and Ms Haddadi will confirm availability for you and/or any guests.
Other free events that are happening around the St Lucia campus as part of the 2011 Brisbane Writers Festival include:- A State of Wonder: In Conversation with Ann Patchett – Thursday 8 September
- Bryan Gaensler: Everything and Nothing – Friday 9 September
- Writing across Languages and Cultures: An Afternoon with writer Yoko Tawada – Friday 9 September
- UQ Library: In conversation with Betty Churcher – Monday 12 September
Or check out the Brisbane Writers Festival website for a full list of events that are on around Brisbane as part of the festival.
Directions to UQ
- Google Map:
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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