AUTHOR and actress Judy Nunn is coming to Goondiwndi for a literary dinner on November 18.
She is being bought to town couresty of the Macintyre Young Writers, The Big Book Club, the State Library and the Goondiwindi Regional Council.
The dinner will be held at O’Sheas Royal Hotel.
Judy Nunn’s career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted.
After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 1980s to turn her hand to prose.
The result was two adventure novels for children, Eye in the Storm and its sequel Eye in the City which remain extremely popular, not only in Australia but also in Europe.
Embarking on adult fiction in the early 90s, Judy’s three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers.
Her subsequent bestsellers, “Kal”, “Beneath the Southern Cross”, “Territory, Pacific”, “Heritage” and “Floodtide” confirm her position as one of Australia’s leading popular novelists.
Her latest book which will be available courtesy of Nook and Cranney Bookstore is “Maralinga”.
ABOUT THE BOOK
‘Maralinga...a desolate place where history demands an emerging nation choose between hell and reason.’
Maralinga is a story of five souls who all find themselves in a violent and unforgiving landscape; infected with the unique madness and excitement that only nuclear testing creates.
It is also a story of love; a love so strong that it draws an adventurous young English journalist halfway around the world in search of the truth.
Ultimately, Maralinga is about heartbreak; brought to the innocent First Australians who had walked their land unhindered for 40,000 years.
The power to love, the power to hate, and the power to destroy human existence ... Maralinga has them all!
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Wednesday, November 18.
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm
Venue: O’Shea’s Royal Hotel, Marshall St, Goondiwindi
Cost: $35.
Bookings: 4671 4872
IT’S that time of year again when the region’s best young writers are honored at the Macintyre Young Writers’ Awards.
It will be held at St Mary’s Primary School on November 11 at 5pm. Awards will be handed out from 5.30pm.
There will be a gold-coin donation sausage sizzle but families are welcome to bring a rug and a picnic.
A town like Gundy
It’s not too late to enter the MYW “A town like Gundy” writing competition.
This year’s contest is in memory of Goondiwindi author and journalist Betty Bell.
Entries for any piece of writing up to 2000 words can be handed in to The Argus.
The winner will be presented with their $500 prize at the Judy Nunn literary dinner on November 18.
The dinner will be held at the Royal Hotel.
Tickets cost $35 for a three-course dinner and are available from June Horne at the Regional Library.
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