This special event with Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, advocate and filmmaker Behrouz Boochani (videostreamed from NZ) and multi-award winning artist, musician and educator Safdar Ahmed* is not to be missed. Hosted by Nam Le. Supported by the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group.

*Program change - Safdar Ahmed will now be appearing at this session via videostream.

Associate Professor Behrouz Boochani’s book, No Friend But The Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison, won the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature in addition to the Non-fiction category. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years.

Safdar Ahmed is a Sydney-based artist, musician, educator. His debut graphic novel, Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System has won several awards, including Book of the Year at the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Nam Le’s first book, The Boat, was translated into fifteen languages and received over a dozen major awards in Australia, America, and Europe, including the PEN/Malamud Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award.

Single tickets are available below. This session is also available in the 8-Ticket Multipack or 4-Ticket Multipack.

This event is supported by the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group