Berry Writers Festival 2024 - 25-27 October 2024
Berry Writers Festival 2024 - 25-27 October 2024

Because Words Matter

Gina Chick

Gina Chick is a rewilding facilitator, adventurer, writer, and speaker. Gina's articles have been published in The Guardian, news.com, Mamamia and SBS online, and her first book, We Are the Stars: A Memoir, will be published in October. 

Gina was one of ten participants of the first series of Alone Australia, ( ITV/SBS 2023). After sixty-seven days dancing in the moss and unforgettable moments of searing vulnerability, Gina was the last person standing, and the third woman to win an Alone solo challenge. Her determination, passion, and love of the natural world endeared her to more than 5.4 million people around Australia. 

Writing is in Gina Chick's genes. Her grandmother, Charmian Clift, was an author, essayist, and Australia's first female columnist in the early 1960's. Charmian married George Johnstone (My Brother Jack) and they lived together on Hydra with Leonard Cohen and bohemian expats.  Charmian's teenage indiscretion, an illegitimate daughter, was given up for adoption. This is Gina's mum, Suzanne Chick, who, after finally discovering her mother's identity at 48, wrote her own book, Searching For Charmian, which was shortlisted for the NBC Banjo Award.  


 

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.

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Festival partners:

ABC Illawarra - Berry Writers Festival 2024 - Festival PartnerBangalay Luxury Villas - a Berry Writers Festival PartnerBerry Writers Festival Partner: BundanonDymocks books & gifts, NowraSilos Estate - a Berry Writers Festival PartnerSociallifeSouth Coast Property Styling - - a Berry Writers Festival PartnerBerry Writers Festival Partner: South Coast Writers Centre
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