Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Tuesday 22 May
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
No matter how compelling a novel or a film might be, if you have to study it, there’s always the risk you’ll end up hating it. Not any more! A gift to VCE students, their teachers (and of course life-long learners) Texts in the City is a weekly exploration of the classic texts – both old and new – that appear on the VCE English reading lists.
For our brand new season of Texts in the City, we’ve asked schools to nominate which texts on the curriculum they’d most like to see discussed. By presenting speakers who are intimately familiar with each chosen work, as a writer, reviewer, publisher or performer, we’ll offer new perspectives on these classic books, creating the chance to take the obligation out of – and put the joy back into – reading for the VCE.
Sessions run at the student-friendly timeslot of 4.30pm – 5.15pm and are subsequently hosted on the Wheeler Centre website.
This week, we look at A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
Featuring
Andrew McDonald
Andrew McDonald writes books for kids.
He is the author of the bestselling Real Pigeons series and the Hello Twigs series (both illustrated by Ben Wood).
Andrew lives in Naarm/Melbourne, where he makes up stories and writes them down. He especially likes telling stories that make kids laugh, gasp and wonder about the world.
His books have been shortlisted for prizes such as the Australian Book Industry Awards, the Readings Children’s Book Prize, and the YABBA, KOALA and KROC children’s choice book awards.
In his spare time, Andrew likes to read books, eat cake and jump on the bed. Sometimes, all at once!
View ProfileJane Sullivan
Jane Sullivan came to Australia from England in 1979 and worked for the Age as a reporter, feature writer and editor of various sections, including the books pages.
Jane won the inaugural Australian Human Rights Award for journalism.
At present, she writes a Saturday column, ‘Turning Pages’, and features about books and writing for the Age. Her first novel was The White Star. Her second novel, Little People, was shortlisted in the CAL Scribe Fiction Prize. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and son.