Launch of the book "The Intervention: an anthology" edited by Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss
Thursday, July 9 - 6.30pm at Ashfield Town Hall, 260 Liverpool Road, #3 Ashfield, NSW 2131
In conversation with:
Mick Gooda the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, AHRC
Nicole Watson, Contributor to the Anthology, currently employed as a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney.
Rosie Scott, Editor
The unprecedented 2007 Northern Territory Intervention is explored in this historic anthology. Gathered is the work of twenty of Australian’s finest writers, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. In compelling fiction, memoir, essays, poetry and communiqués, the story of the Intervention and the despair and anguish of the First Nations people of the Territory comes alive.
This event was organized by the Ashfield Library (ashfield.nsw.gov.au/page/library.html)
For more information please visit respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/events-2/ashfield.html
