Suchita Smith: Little Body, Huge Life
Description
Join writer, DJ, radio host and Jennifer Burbridge and Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize shortlister, Suchita Smith, for a conversation about creativity, resilience, and her inspiring new memoir Little Body, Huge Life. With Chris Ringrose.
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Suchita Smith
Born with a rare genetic condition affecting bone growth and mobility, Suchita Vanessa Smith is a little woman living a rich, adventurous life, while contributing to her community. Including - environmental scientist, her own radio show, DJ at her community dance club, traveller, nature lover, storyteller and creative spirit.
Chris Ringrose
Literature has always been a big part of Chris Ringrose's life, so he's loved being part of the Litfest since moving from the UK to Australia in 2012. Chris is a Research Associate in English at Monash University. His poetry has won awards in England, Canada and Australia, and he has published critical work on modern fiction, literary theory and children’s literature. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing and the book series Studies in World Literature, and is a poetry reviewer for the Australian Poetry Journal. His latest collection of poems is Palmistry (ICoE Press, 2019). Creative Lives, a collection of interviews with eighteen South Asian writers, was published in 2021 by Ibidem/Columbia University Press.
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