10:00am to 11:00am
Young adults, Adults (30+), Seniors
Free
Stephen Bolin leaves a bizarre note by his deathbed, asking his sisters to take his body back to his birthplace in Far North Queensland. When they ignore his request, Stephen’s corpse makes the nocturnal pilgrimage alone. But what is compelling him and what will he find there?
His journey, as a kind of jiangshi, takes him back through his turbulent family history: from his Chinese great-grandfather's life on the goldfields in 1860s Queensland, to his Scottish grandparents’ migration to Australia as ten-pound Poms, and to his own coming of age and coming out in Brisbane and London.
Join author Steve MinOn as he shares his darkly ironic novel, First Name, Second Name.
Books will be available for purchase, or bring your copy from home to be signed. Presented as part of the Lord Mayor’s Writers in Residence series.
Bookings essential. To reserve your place, visit Eventbrite or call the library.
Presented as part of the Lord Mayor’s Writers in Residence series.
Venue
Wynnum Library, 145 Florence Street, Wynnum
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