Readers! The Big Day of Books Perth is back! This is your chance to be part of the studio audience as WA’s favourite radio presenters chat to the hottest new Australian writers alongside beloved favourites – all of whom are set to introduce their new books.

The studio is going to be crackling with big themes, engaging presenters and entertaining new reads.

Hosted by ABC Radio, in partnership with Fremantle Press, UWA Publishing, Magabala Books, Copyright Agency Limited, Hachette, Centre for Stories and Beaufort Street Books, this is your chance to enjoy a live literary show, meet the authors, and snap up some fabulous reads.

Two Hearts, Two Cultures: Many ways of knowing and sharing

Saturday 20 June 10am
$20

Inventive and heartfelt – three writers share the experience of inhabiting in multiple worlds. Big Sky: When Emu Left the Earth is a meeting of science and holistic knowledge as Bruce Pascoe and astrophysicist Professor Ray Norris share two ways of knowing the sky. Trials of Hope weaves Ethiopian heritage and language with poetry and prose to tell the story of Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes’ journey from shepherd boy to university human rights director, and Olivia de Zilva’s Plastic Budgie contains stories that expand and contracts around questions of self and family, and how our memories form us. Hosted by Jo Trilling.

Supported by Centre for Stories