AWW23: Escaping - Shannon Burns

Chair: Rick Morton


Shannon Burns’ haunting memoir, Childhood, details the
poverty, neglect and domestic dysfunction the author faced while
growing up in suburban South Australia. Moving between first and
third person perspectives, the memoir provides a window into the
series of traumatic familial relationships that contributed to
his turbulent childhood. Burns reflects on his experiences, what
it means to ’make it out’ and the hope that can be found in
literature.


Event details: Tue 07 Mar, 10:45am on the West
Stage