Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 23 October
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Kate Richards’ bleakly beautiful, confronting and important book, Madness: A Memoir, describes her 15 years coping with psychosis and depression, and her long, hard-won journey back to sanity, with the help of a wise and compassionate psychologist.
Richards is unique in being able to write from deep inside her experience, and with the technical expertise of an outsider: she’s a medical researcher. She’ll be in conversation with Dr Ranjana Srivastava, an oncologist and fellow author.
(Image: Monty Coles)
Featuring
Kate Richards
Kate Richards is a writer of fiction, narrative nonfiction and poetry. She has a medical degree with honours and works part-time in medical research in Melbourne. Kate is the author of the critically acclaimed Madness: a memoir and the Penguin Special Is there no place for me?
Ranjana Srivastava
Dr Ranjana Srivastava is an oncologist, Fulbright scholar and award-winning author. She is a Walkley Award finalist for her columns on medicine and humanity in the Guardian.
Her honours include the Human Rights Literature Prize and a medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution the field of doctor-patient communication. Her latest book is called A Better Death: Conversations about the Art of Living and Dying Well.