Name: Khin Myint in Conversation
Start: 2024-06-18
End: 2024-06-18
Location: Readings - Carlton

Join us to hear former Next Chapter recipient Khin Myint in conversation with Alice Pung as they discuss Myint's Fragile Creatures.

Fragile Creatures is a family story told with humour, wonderment and complete honesty. This is a book about what happens when realities clash – it's about care, truth and the hardest choices. It will sweep you up and leave you stunned at its power.

Event and Ticketing Details

Dates & Times

Tuesday 18 June

6:30 PM

Tickets

$40.00

Standard - details

$30.00

Concession

Senior ID Card and Concession Card to be required upon entry. A maximum of 10 tickets are able to be added to the cart.

Location

Readings - Carlton

Woiwurrung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

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Accessibility

Accessible toilets available

Registered Assistance Animals welcome

Wheelchair accessible

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Additional Notes

The bookseller for this event is Readings.

Featuring

Khin Myint

Khin Myint is an Australian-Burmese writer from Perth. His debut memoir, Fragile Creatures, is about how his family tackled his sister's wish to die as she fought a non-terminal illness. Set in the world’s most isolated city, events ...

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Alice Pung

Alice Pung OAM is the author of the bestselling memoirs Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter, and the essay collection Close to Home, as well as the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson ...