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Deepen the Conversation - Manhattan Dreaming with Anita Heiss

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Creator of the Koori chick lit genre, Anita Heiss, introduces her latest heroine at the State Library. Join her as she launches her newest novel, Manhattan Dreaming , and muses about her own dreams, inspirations, and adventures as a Koori woman in the city.

After wowing her audiences with two hilarious forays into indigenous chick lit, Anita takes her readers on a new journey as her heroine spreads her wings in the Big Apple. In Manhattan Dreaming , Lauren is a curator at the National Aboriginal Gallery in Canberra. She's good at her job, passionate about the Arts, and takes work seriously. Her personal life, however, is not as successful. Ditching a self-obsessed boyfriend to take up a prestigious position in New York Citys glamorous art world, Lauren finds herself having to decide: Man or Manhattan?

Anitas latest literary offering promises the wit, fun, and original social commentary that marked her earlier works: Avoiding Mr Right and Not Meeting Mr Right . Despite being described as Australias answer to Carrie Bradshaw, Anita divides her time between working as an academic writer and Associate Professor, an activist, poet and social commentator. She has been named one of the Smart 100 by the bulletin magazine, and received the ASA Medal for Under 35s for her contribution to Australian community and public life. She is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales, and grew up in Matraville, Sydney.

Join Anita in conversation with author Kim Wilkins ( Grimoire, The Resurrectionists, Rose and the Veil of Gold ) for a talk thats equal parts style and substance.

Stay after the talk for a Manhattan Dreaming Art Party. Don your finest frock, bring along your coin purse for the cash bar, and share a Koori-politan with Anita.

Date/Time

Wed 17 March 2010, 6.00pm

Tickets (inc. fees)

Free Event

Duration

1 hour

(subject to change without notice)

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State Library of Queensland

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