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SUMMARY:Kate Grenville - The Country Schoolmaster
LOCATION:The Carrington Hotel
DESCRIPTION:2.30pm for 3pm Saturday 21st November\n\nThe Carrington Hotel\,
  Katoomba\nBookings essential - either through Trybooking or directly at t
 he Blackheath shop.\n\nKate Grenville in conversation with Amy Sambrooke\n
 \nRummaging around in the archives one afternoon\, Kate Grenville comes ac
 ross an innocuous-looking file full of letters about a schoolteacher in co
 untry New South Wales. Intrigued\, she keeps reading – and discovers a t
 ale far more curious and complex than first appears. Was Joseph Connor sav
 agely beating the students in his care? Or was he the victim of a small-to
 wn vendetta? And what went so terribly wrong between him and his daughter?
 \n\nUltimately\, Grenville simply has to know: was Connor a victim or a vi
 llain? Part colonial cold case\, part locked-room mystery\, part the dance
  of a writer's imagination among facts and semi-facts\, The Country School
 master is a book like no other. In it\, the novelist comes to understand t
 he seductive pleasure of story-making\, but also its dangerous limitations
 .\n\n\nKate Grenville is one of Australia's most celebrated writers. Her i
 nternational bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas pr
 izes and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville's other novels include The
  Lieutenant\, Lilian's Story\, the Orange Prize–winner The Idea of Perfe
 ction and A Room Made of Leaves. Her works of non-fiction include One Life
 : My Mother's Story\, Elizabeth Macarthur's Letters and\, most recently\, 
 Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place.\n\nAmy Sambrooke was Creative
  Director of Varuna the National Writers’ House from 2017 to 2023\, and 
 Artistic Director of the Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival from 2019 to 2
 023. Subsequently\, Amy rejoined Varuna to lead the development of an exte
 nsive range of professional development programs for emerging and mid-care
 er writers\, and is now Learning & Development Manager at Varuna\, as well
  as a sessional academic at UNSW. Amy frequently hosts in-conversation ses
 sions for festivals and other events\, and has over 20 years’ experience
  working with organisations across the arts\, media\, heritage\, education
  and public policy.\n\nBoletos: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/
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