Writers on Campus - Writing Queer Lives

Event Name Writers on Campus - Writing Queer Lives
Start Date 23 Aug 2022 12:00 pm
End Date 23 Aug 2022 1:00 pm
Duration 1 hour
Description

In the first of a new events series, Writers on Campus, we celebrate Pride Week with ‘Writing Queer Lives’, a conversation between author and activist Dennis Altman, and historian and memoirist Yves Rees.

Dennis Altman is the author of 15 books including Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation and Defying gravity: a political life, a La Trobe legend for many decades, acclaimed sexuality theorist, and now the Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow. Yves Rees is a lecturer in History, co-host of the podcast Archive Fever, award-winning essayist, and author of the memoir All About Yves. The event will be hosted by author and creative writing lecturer Kelly Gardiner.

Don’t miss what promises to be a very special conversation celebrating queer lives and queer writing.

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A partnership program presented by La Trobe School of Humanities & Social Sciences and La Trobe University Library.