Walking with Camels: the Story of Bertha Strehlow, author talk with Leni Shilton

Fri, 05/25/2018 - 17:00 - Fri, 05/25/2018 - 18:00

Event Details

  • Date
    Fri, 05/25/2018 - 17:00 - Fri, 05/25/2018 - 18:00
  • Location
    Northern Territory Library
  • Cost
    Free
Leni Shilton presenting in an outdoor setting, red rocks behind her.
Description

EVENT UPDATE:

Due to unforeseen circumstance this book launch with Leni Shilton has been moved to the Live DARWIN space in the Smith Street Mall (directly across from The Bookshop Darwin). Please share! See you at 5pm.

As part of the NT Writers' Festival, join Centralian author Leni Shilton for the Darwin launch of her verse novel, Walking with Camels: the Story of Bertha Strehlow. Offering us a woman’s exploration of loss and survival in a savagely beautiful landscape, Shilton's novel tells the story of Bertha Strehlow - a brilliant observer and connector of people who travelled central Australia in the early 20th century with her anthropologist husband.