AWW21 The Porous Present: Love, Life and Legacies - Nardi Simpson and Karen Wyld

In Karen Wyld’s Where the Fruit Falls, Brigid sets off on an epic
journey with her twin babies, one white and one black, searching
for lost love. Nardi Simpson’s Song of the Crocodile introduces
us to the Billymil family, living with its community on the
fringes of Darnmoor, “the Gateway to Happiness”. Both novels are
award winning, immersive stories of family, Country and history
that powerfully weave rich narratives and magical realism with
the enduring tragic legacy of colonialism.


Chaired by Natalie Harkin