Behrouz Boochani [Live Stream]

For over six years, Kurdish-Iranian journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani bore personal witness to the treatment of refugees in Australia’s offshore immigration detention centre on Manus Island.

Painstakingly typed out in text messages while he was incarcerated, Boochani’s experiences were recorded in his acclaimed book, No Friend but the Mountains (translated by Omid Tofighian), for which he was awarded the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature, and many other awards.

Now, Boochani arrives in Australia for the first time, appearing live in conversation with Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at The Capitol for his only Melbourne event to mark the release of his moving, creative and challenging new essay collection, Freedom, Only Freedom (translated by Omid Tofighian and Moones Mansoubi, and published by Bloomsbury).

Following an introduction by his long-time translators and collaborators, Omid Tofighian and Moones Mansoubi, Boochani will reflect on his own experiences and those of other refugees, and offer a unique insight into urgent issues of border violence, human rights and creative resistance.

A live stream of this sold-out event is available from 7.30pm AEDT Monday 12 December to 11.5pm AEDT Monday 19 December 2022.

Presented in partnership with Readings. Supported by PEN Melbourne.

The bookseller for this event is Readings.

This event will be viewable from your Wheeler Centre online account from 7.30pm AEDT Monday 12 December to 11.59pm AEDT Monday 19 December 2022. Log in to your account to watch the live stream.