Writers @ Stanton: Lech Blaine

Tue Nov 12 2024 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

Stanton Library, Level 1 | North Sydney

Stanton Library
Publisher/HostStanton Library
Writers @ Stanton: Lech Blaine
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Lech Blaine shares the gripping story of his family — of the tangled fates of two couples and the foster children trapped between them.
About this Event

Michael and Mary Shelley are Christian fanatics who loathe their fellow Australians – especially their 'reckless indulgence of alcohol and obsession with idiotic ball sports'. Lenore and Tom Blaine are working-class Queensland publicans raising a large family in a raucous, loving, sports-obsessed home.

There's just one problem. Lenore and Tom are foster parents to three of Michael and Mary's children, who were removed from the Shelleys as infants. And the Shelleys are prepared to do anything to get them back. Anything.

Australian Gospel is the true story of Lech Blaine's family, a stranger-than-fiction tale that is heartbreaking, hilarious and altogether astonishing.

About the author

Lech Blaine is the author of the memoir Car Crash and the Quarterly Essays Top Blokes and Bad Cop. He is the 2023 Charles Perkins Centre writer in residence. His writing has appeared in Good Weekend, Griffith Review, The Guardian and The Monthly. His forthcoming book is Australian Gospel.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Stanton Library, Level 1, 234 Miller St, North Sydney, Australia

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