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Sunbirds: Mirandi Riwoe in-conversation with Benjamin Law

Mon, 11 Sept

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Better Read Than Dead

Join us with Mirandi Riwoe to celebrate the release of Sunbirds. Mirandi will be in conversation with Benjamin Law.

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Sunbirds: Mirandi Riwoe in-conversation with Benjamin Law
Sunbirds: Mirandi Riwoe in-conversation with Benjamin Law

Time & Location

11 Sept 2023, 6:30 pm – 7:50 pm

Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia

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About The Event

Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party at their tea plantation. One of their guests, Mattijs, a Dutch pilot, hopes to forge a future in the Dutch East Indies, possibly with the family's daughter, Anna, but she is torn between her dreams of Holland and her desire to belong.

Meanwhile the housekeeper, Diah, keenly observes the goings-on around the plantation, wondering how much to tell her freedom-fighter brother. When the Japanese forces finally arrive on Java's doorstep, they all have to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives, especially those who must evacuate to Australia.

Sunbirds depicts the intricate web of identities and loyalties created by war and imperialism, and the heartbreaking compromises that so often ensue.

Mirandi Riwoe is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain, which won the 2020 Queensland Literary Award – Fiction Book Award and the…

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    A discounted ticket and copy of Sunbirds (RRP $32.99)

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