AWW21 A Room Made of Leaves - Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville’s latest novel A Room Made of Leaves continues the
disruption of conventional colonial narratives that began with
her acclaimed The Secret River. What if Elizabeth, wife of the
colonial monster John Macarthur, left behind brutally frank
secret memoirs, she asks? And they told the real story behind the
myth of the 18th century wife? Playful and audacious, this
astonishing literary achievement delves into history to examine
the very contemporary issues of fake stories and hidden truths,
and where stories originate.


Chaired by Clare Wright