AWW23: A Bedtime Story - Chloe Hooper

Chair: Beejay Silcox


Chloe Hooper’s Bedtime Story is a paean to the solace
of reading in times of grief and pain. Its starting point is her
partner’s leukemia diagnosis and the challenge of preparing their
children for an uncertain future. In conversation with writer and
critic Beejay Silcox, Hooper examines the world of children’s
literature – a genre that is remarkably dark – and explores how
children understand and cope with a world they can’t control.


Event details: Tue 07 Mar, 3:45pm on the West
Stage