Author Talk: "Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower"

Why did Elizabeth Harrower - one of Australia's most important postwar authors - stop writing at the height of her powers? After publishing four books that earned the admiration of Patrick White, Shirley Hazzard and Christina Stead, Harrower published no more novels. She faded from the literary landscape, until being rediscovered decades later to international acclaim.

In Looking for Elizabeth, Helen Trinca unravels this mystery. Exploring the personal and artistic forces that shaped Harrower's writing, she draws a sensitive portrait of a wounded "divorced child" and the legacy of abandonment she carried through her life. She probes the contradictions of a woman who wielded extraordinary insight into others' lives but guarded her own.

Helen Trinca is an associate editor at The Australian and the author and co-author of four non-fiction books. Her biography of Madeleine St John was co-winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Non-fiction in 2014.

Light refreshments will be available thanks to the Friends of the Wagga Wagga City Library, and copies of Helen's book will be available to purchase on the night.

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