Launches at the Library with Ilka Tampke
Join us on Wednesday 27 May to celebrate La Trobe’s award-winning writer and teacher, Ilka Tampke, as we celebrate the launch of her latest novel, How to Love the World.
- Date:
- Wednesday 27 May 2026 1:00pm–2:00pm (Add to calendar)
- Contact:
- Library Coordinator Planning & Engagement
library.planning@latrobe.edu.au - Event series:
- Literature in the Library
- Type of event:
- Community event
Launch - Target audience:
- Current student: Undergraduate
Current student: Postgraduate
Current student: New students
Current student: International
Researcher/Graduate researcher
Alumni
La Trobe University staff
Public - Cost:
- Free
- Location:
- Charles La Trobe Lounge, Level 2, Bundoora Library
Event details
What does it take to remake yourself? Come join La Trobe’s award-winning writer and teacher, Ilka Tampke, as we celebrate the launch of her latest novel, How to Love the World. Ilke will be in conversation with Stella Prize winning author and Lecturer in Creative Writing at La Trobe, Dr Carrie Tiffany, to discuss motherhood and mythology, forests and family life, nature, healing and the dark heart of memory.
There will be audience Q&A, book sales, author signings and complimentary refreshments.