Has surviving in an increasingly volatile and uncertain age of angry noise and disembodied algorithms destroyed our patience to engage and respect to listen to each other? In his timely new book, When Words Fail Us, Stan Grant reflects on why we struggle to speak to one another today, and how we might find our way back to meaningful connection.

Join Grant, one of Australia’s most prominent voices on identity, nationhood and belonging, for this exclusive book launch event at Bondi Pavilion. An unmissable evening of contemplation and conversation with fellow journalist and author Julia Baird. 

Stan Grant is a proud Wiradjuri man, and the Vice Chancellor’s Chair of Australian-Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University. He was formerly ABC’s Global Affairs and Indigenous Affairs Analyst. He is the award-winning and bestselling author of several books, including Talking To My Country, The Queen Is Dead, Murriyang and Australia Day.

Julia Baird is a Sydney-based author and journalist. She is the co-host of the ABC podcast Not Stupid and she writes columns for the SMH, The Age and the ABC. She is a former co-host of The Drum
on ABC TV, senior editor of Newsweek in New York, Joan Shorenstein Fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University, and op-ed contributor for the New York Times and the PhiladelphiaInquirer. Julia's books include, Media Tarts, based on her PhD in History about the portrayal of female politicians, and internationally acclaimed best-sellers, Victoria, and Phosphorescence. Her book Bright Shining was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

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Prepurchase your copy of When Words Fail Us when booking your ticket and save a bundle on the cover price. Orders will be available for collection at the venue from the team at Gertrude & Alice Bookstore. 

Event Information
Refreshments will be available from the Theatre Bar from 5.30pm. 
Tickets are General Admission. Seats are not allocated. 
To book accessible seating, please complete the Accessibility Requirements section when registering for your ticket.

Presented by Waverley Council and Gertrude & Alice Bookstore. With thanks to NewSouth.

Waverley Council's artistic program supports the free expression of ideas. All artists, panellists and guests reflect and speak their own views.