In this honest, intimate and fearless discussion, journalist and broadcaster Tracey Lee Holmes reflects on her trailblazing career and remarkable life in sport.
For over 30 years, Tracey Lee Holmes has been a pioneering voice in Australian broadcasting, as the first female host of a national sports program and as an advocate for gender equality in sport.
Now, in celebration of her new book The Eye of the Dragonfly: My Life Seeing the World Through Sport, she reflects on the way sport can highlight the nobility of the human spirit or ruthlessly reveal its flaws – and the lessons that have seen her through an extraordinary career reporting it all.
A keen observer of the interactions between sport, politics and society, Holmes joins Shelley Ware to share the thrilling stories of athletes in exultation and defeat, and shed light on the larger forces of money, power and discrimination which shape the games to which she has devoted much of her life.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 3 September
6.30 - 7.30pm
Tickets
$25.50
Full
$19.50
Concession
$19.50
Under 30
$0.00
First Nations
Tickets for First Nations audiences are free for this event.
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Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Assistive Listening
Auslan interpreting available by-request
Companion tickets available
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
Tracey Lee Holmes will be signing books after the event.
The bookseller for this event is Ramona Books.
Featuring
Tracey Lee Holmes
In a career spanning four decades, journalist and broadcaster Tracey Holmes has focussed her career on the intersection of sport, politics, and society. She is recognised at home and abroad for her in-depth analysis of current ...
Shelley Ware
Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman from Tarntanya/Adelaide, South Australia, who currently lives in Naarm/ Melbourne. For the past two decades, Shelley has worked in the media as a radio and ...