Celeste Ng | Claire Nichols

Banning books, waving flags and persecuting racial minorities. Sound familiar? Celeste Ng’s third novel, Our Missing Hearts, is set in a marginally more dystopian version of Trump’s America as a patriotic new law removes children from dissident parents.  

After New York Times bestselling novel Little Fires Everywhere – which was adapted into a popular miniseries starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon – comes a similarly moving tale about the unbreakable bond between a mother and son.  

Sit down with Celeste and host Claire Nichols to discuss hope, hero librarians and the power of art to create change

This event is presented by the Sydney Writers' Festival. 
 

UNSW SYDNEY X SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL

UNSW Sydney is the exclusive university sponsor and proud Premier Partner of the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Featuring UNSW academics and researchers on Sydney Writers’ Festival stages, and events at the UNSW Kensington Campus, this partnership brings together a shared vision of creativity, curiosity and thought leadership. 

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This event will be available to watch on the UNSW Centre for Ideas website. Registered attendees will be emailed an access link in the days prior to the event.
 

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