Kim Scott in conversation with Arnold Zable

The pair will discuss language, culture and the "friendly frontier" in relation to Associate Professor Scott's award-winning novel That Deadman Dance (2011), as well as the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories project, at the State Library of Victoria on Tuesday, 11 October.

Kim Scott has this year won the Miles Franklin Award, the inaugural Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction for That Deadman Dance. His second novel, Benang (1999), was joint winner in the Miles Franklin in 2000 and also won the West Australian Premier's Book Award.

Associate Professor Scott's ancestral Noongar country is the south-east coast of Western Australia, between Gairdner River and Cape Arid.

Arnold Zable is a dynamic and highly acclaimed storyteller whose books include Violin Lessons (2011), the award-winning Jewels and Ashes (1992), The Fig Tree (2002) and the novels Café Scheherazade (2001) and Scraps of Heaven (2004). He has run workshops for migrants and refugees, and has recently spent considerable time with refugees held in Australian detention centres. He is president of Melbourne PEN.

The RMIT Writers-in-Residence program is supported generously through the Copyright Agency Limited Cultural Fund and provides students an opportunity to learn from award-winning writers through class sessions and workshops.

Associate Professor Scott is the ninth writer to join the program since it began in 2009, with previous resident writers including Hannie Rayson, Nam Le, Robert Dessaix and Drusilla Modjeska.

Information for Event Listing
What: Kim Scott in conversation with Arnold Zable
When: Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 6 - 8pm
Where: State Library of Victoria Conference Centre, Village Roadshow Theatrette, Entry 3, 179 Latrobe Street, Melbourne
Cost: Free, but bookings essential via email. The talk will be followed by a book signing and refreshments

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