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Shadows and Light – the transformative power of fiction

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Hotel Bellinzona
Hepburn Springs VIC, Australia
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Sun, 24 Aug, 10am - 11am AEST

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With Murray Middleton (U Want it Darker) and Ayesha Inoon (Untethered). Hosted by Daylesford Secondary College English and Literature teacher, Kirky Kirkman.

Murray Middleton’s first collection of stories, When There’s Nowhere Else to Run, won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. His second book, No Church in the Wild, was shortlisted for the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize. He is also a winner of The Age Short Story Award. In 2016, Murray was named Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelist.

Ayesha Inoon is a Sri Lankan-Australian writer whose work explores identity, belonging, and women's resilience across cultures. Her debut novel Untethered won the 2022 ASA/HQ Prize and was Highly Commended in the 2024 ACT Book of the Year and ACT Literary Awards. Her second novel is due in 2026.

The Words in Winter conversation series is generously supported by the Community Bank Daylesford District.

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Hotel Bellinzona
Hepburn Springs VIC, Australia