Jessie Cole

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Featuring in:

• “Writing the environment.”
  Saturday 6th June
  Time: 1.30 – 2.30 pm
  Place: Memorial Hall
• “Social issues in fiction”
  Sunday 7th June
  Time: 11.15am – 12. 00pm
  Place: Memorial Hall

Jessie Cole grew up in an isolated valley in northern NSW, and lived a bush childhood of creek swimming and barefoot free-range adventuring. Her first novel, Darkness on the Edge of Town, was shortlisted for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal and longlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award, and her writing has also appeared in Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Island Magazine, Big Issue, Best Australian Essays, Daily Life and the Guardian. Much of her work can be found on her blog: http://jessiecolewriter.wordpress.com/ Her latest novel, Deeper Water, is out now!