White Noise: Raelke Grimmer in conversation with Emily Palmer

The English Teachers Association of Western Australia and UWA Publishing presents a special event with Raelke Grimmer celebrating the launch of White Noise.

Dr Raelke Grimmer will be in conversation with Dr Emily Palmer to discuss Raelke's debut young adult novel White Noise. This event will be held in the Love House hall at 28 Broadway cnr Cooper St, Nedlands WA on Tuesday 22 October at 5pm. Books will be available to purchase on the night and light catering and refreshments will be provided. 

Details

• Tuesday 22 October 2024
• 5pm to 7.30pm
• Love House 28 Broadway cnr Cooper St, Nedlands WA 6009
• $5 general admission

About the book

Fifteen-year-old Emma is woken up by her dad’s nightmares. Again.

On Friday evenings they go running at East Point Reserve to escape. Escape the ripples of grief that still chase them three years after her mum’s death; escape Emma’s autism diagnosis; escape her dad’s work as an emergency room doctor.

At school, Emma has won a spot on the beach volleyball Sports Institute program. The spot that her best friend Summer desperately wanted. And Summer’s family are moving away to the other side of town. Their friendship has kept Emma going since her mum’s death but now things are changing between them – and change isn’t something Emma can outrun.

Set in tropical Darwin, White Noise is an achingly true portrayal of girlhood, grief, and autism from the authentic and gripping voice of debut author Raelke Grimmer.

About Raelke Grimmer

Raelke Grimmer grew up writing in the hills and foothills of Kaurna Country in South Australia and has lived in Darwin on Larrakia Country since 2016.  She writes YA, poetry and creative nonfiction. Raelke’s work has been published in Westerly, Kill Your Darlings, Griffith Review and Meniscus, and she was shortlisted in the Poetry Award in the 2023 Northern Territory Literary Awards. She is a founding editor of Northern Territory literary journal Borderlands, a publication showcasing the very best of Northern Territory and First Nations storytelling. In 2023, Raelke was a participant in Creative Australia’s Digital Fellowship Program and is a 2024 recipient of an online ArtsNT Varuna Fellowship. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Flinders University and is a Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at Charles Darwin University.

About Emily Palmer

Emily Palmer is a lecturer in Secondary English at the ECU School of Education. Emily has worked in various secondary and tertiary contexts across the Northern Territory and Western Australia. She completed the Teach for Australia program before commencing at ECU, and is passionate about equity in education, and fostering a love of reading and literature in her students. In 2020, she received her practice led PhD from the University of Adelaide, for her thesis "The (Absent) Female Body: Cross-dressing Narratives in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction."

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