How do we face the questions of forgiveness and grief, and what might allow us to finally lay old sorrows to rest? Join one of Australia’s most acclaimed and best-loved writers, Charlotte Wood (The Weekend and The Natural Way of Things), in conversation with Ashley Hay as they explore the moral tension between retreating from the world and engaging with it, the power of place, and other themes from Charlotte’s latest book, Stone Yard Devotional.
Charlotte Wood is a Sydney-based author who has written ten books, including seven novels and three non-fiction works. She has won many awards, including the Stella Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Award, and her features and essays have appeared in The Guardian, New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, Saturday Paper and others.
Ashley Hay is a Brisbane-based award-winning novelist and essayist. Ashley worked as the former editor of the Griffith Review between 2018 and 2022, curating, commissioning and creating 16 editions of Australia’s leading quarterly of great writing and new ideas.
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