Author Visit: Julie Janson
Community Event location: At Esperance Public Library
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Tuesday 27th August
5:30 - 6:30pm
Esperance Public Library
Cost: Free
Come and meet Julie Janson, author of 'Light Horse Ghost'. Books available to purchase on the night. Light refreshments provided. Bookings essential: 90831500
This thought provoking historical novel will enthral you! The return of the Light Horse to Western Australia, brought many stories of bravery. This new novel reveals the hidden impact on a Light Horseman’s family - its tragedy and dark humour.
Julie Janson has lively career as a playwright, and now works as a novelist and award winning poet. She is a Burruberongal woman of Darug nation. Co-recipient of the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poetry Prize 2016. Winner of the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2019.
Novels: The Crocodile Hotel, 2015; The Light Horse Ghost, 2018; Magabala Press will publish her new novel: Benevolence in 2020
Julie has written ten produced plays, including two at Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney. Black Mary and Gunjies, Two Plays, Aboriginal Studies Press 1996.