Cosy book chat with Mirandi Riwoe at Books@Stones

Join us on Tuesday 27 October, 6:30pm for a cosy book chat with Mirandi Riwoe, author of A Short History of Longans. Mirandi's latest novel, A Short History of Longans, follows an Irish-Chinese family over four generations in Australia. Her previous work Stone Sky Cold Mountain won the Queensland Literary Award – Fiction Book Award and the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize, and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her second novel, Sunbirds, was set in wartime Java during World War II and was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award. Mirandi's debut novella, The Fish Girl, was also shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Queensland Literary Award – Fiction Book Award. Her work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Meanjin, Review of Australian Fiction, Griffith Review and Best Summer Stories. Intriguing and beautifully written, this dazzling novel spanning centuries and generations unravels the secrets and memories of one Irish-Chinese family to explore what it means to belong – to place, to ancestors, to ourselves. Please note: This event was originally scheduled as an "in-conversation" event for 22 September. This is the rescheduled event with a new date and slightly different format. To attend this free event, please register.

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