Water Book Club: 'Carpentaria' (2006 by Alexis Wright
When
10.30 – 11.30am, Thu 21 May 2020Where
Queensland Art Gallery & Member's Lounge
About
For the safety of our community, all public programs, events and tours have been cancelled until further notice. If you have paid to attend this event, you will be refunded within 10-15 working days. We thank you for your understanding. Discuss art, life, culture and creativity at the QAGOMA Members Book Club. From January through to May the titles on the Members Book Club reading list have been selected to connect to, contextualise and discuss ideas presented in ‘Water’. Book 5: Carpentaria (2006) Alexis Wright Author and activist Alexis Wright's 2007 Miles Franklin award-winning novel, Carpentaria, is an epic masterpiece of fiction highlighting the spiritual meanings and central importance of water to life in Australia. Set in the Gulf country of north-west Queensland and inspired by real-life complex negotiations over native title rights, Wright's storytelling is operatic and surreal: a blend of myth and scripture, farce and politics. An edited extract of Carpentaria, and the author’s powerful commentary on recent flooding events in Queensland, each appear in the Gallery’s ‘Water’ exhibition publication. Book 1: Other Minds: the Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness (2016), Peter Godfrey-Smith Book 2: Night Fishing: Stingrays, Goya and the Singular Life (2019), Vicki Hastrich Book 3: Too Much Lip (2018), Melissa Lucashenko Book 4: A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods (2019), Margaret Cook $12 Members | $17 Members' guests (includes coffee/tea and sweets) / Book online or call (07) 3840 7278 to join the monthly discussions hosted by Book Club Facilitator Eve Jensen Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store. Pre-order your books with the Store to avoid disappointment.