The Enchantment of the Impossible: The Power of Speculative Fiction

Name: The Enchantment of the Impossible: The Power of Speculative Fiction - Berry Writers Festival
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Three of Australia's most exciting speculative fiction authors; Kate Mildenhall (The Hummingbird Effect), John Morrissey (Firelight), and Michael Thompson (How To Be Remembered), discuss the appeal of the genre; their creative relationships with time and the possibilities afforded by fluid approaches to past, future and present.

Featuring:
Kate Mildenhall, John Morrissey & Michael Thompson

Moderated by: Nathan Luff

Location: Studio 34

Sunday, 27 Oct: 3.30-4.30pm

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Featuring:

Kate Mildenhall

Kate Mildenhall is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Skylarking, was named in Readings Top Ten Fiction Books of 2016, and her bestselling The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Award, General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2020 Aurealis Awards. Kate teaches creative writing and co-hosts The First Time podcast, which features conversations with Australian writers, and is currently undertaking a PhD in creative practice at RMIT University. Kate lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands, with her partner and two children. Kate’s third novel is The Hummingbird Effect.

John Morrissey

John Morrissey is a Melbourne writer of Kalkadoon descent whose work has been published in Overland, Voiceworks, Meanjin, and the anthology This All Come Back Now. His collection of stories, Firelight, was published in 2023, and was described by Clare Coleman in the Australian Book Review as “ an exemplary collection of Indigenous literary speculative fiction.”

Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson is a journalist, producer and media executive. He co-owns a podcast production company and is the co-host of the popular business podcast, Fear & Greed. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two young children. His widely praised first novel, How to be Remembered, was published in 2023.

Moderated by:

Nathan Luff

Nathan Luff grew up on a farm in rural NSW as one of five boys. His colourful upbringing is often the inspiration for the stories he tells. Nathan's third book in the Family Disasters series, Road Rage, is due to be published in June 2024. He is also the author of The Nerd Herd and the middle grade novels, Chicken Stu and Bad Grammar. In addition to writing children’s books, Nathan writes plays for young audiences and works part time as a primary school teacher, specialising in creative writing and the performing arts. He is currently the Young Adult and Children’s Manager for the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

The Berry Writers Festival acknowledges the Dharawal and Dhurga language-speaking groups who are traditional owners of this area. We acknowledge their customs and culture, which have nourished, and continue to nourish, this land. And we extend our respects to Elders, past, present, and future.