Melanie Joosten

About

Melanie Joosten is a social worker and researcher, and the author of A Long Time Coming: Essays on Old Age. She works as a policy officer at the elder abuse service Seniors Rights Victoria. She is the author of the novels Gravity Well and Berlin Syndrome, and has been named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist.

Past Events

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Debut Mondays

Melanie Joosten, Raphael Brous, Eli Glasman, Dan Disney

18 Jul

Peak: Changing the Way We Talk About Ageing

Patricia Edgar, Don Edgar, Melanie Joosten

26 Jun

Take Charge: Autonomy in Older Age

Ranjana Srivastava, Supriya Mohile, Melanie Joosten, Molly Carlile

3 Jul

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Reading into Dementia

5 Apr 2015

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