Podcasts about enza gandolfo

Enza Gandolfo's Stella-shortlisted novel was inspired by the real-life West Gate Bridge disaster, which killed 35 people in 1970s Melbourne.

The Stella Prize is an annual literary award celebrating Australian Women writers. Now in its seventh year, the Stella is an important and influential award marking great Australian writing.The Stella Prize announced their long list this week sparking the discussion around what is important in Australian writing today.Louise Swinn is the Chair of the Stella judges panel and she joined Andrew Pople on Final Draft to discuss the task of sorting through the mountain of submissions and what themes and issues have emerged in the successful twelve. The 2019 Stella Prize longlist:● Little Gods by Jenny Ackland (Allen & Unwin) ● Man Out of Time by Stephanie Bishop (Hachette Australia) ● Bluebottle by Belinda Castles (Allen & Unwin) ● The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo (Scribe) ● The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire by Chloe Hooper (Penguin Random House) ● The Death of Noah Glass by Gail Jones (Text Publishing) ● Pink Mountain on Locust Island by Jamie Marina Lau (Brow Books) ● The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie (Finch Publishing) ● Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin) ● Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko (UQP) ● Axiomatic by Maria Tumarkin (Brow Books) ● The World Was Whole by Fiona Wright (Giramondo Publishing)

"I believe everybody is up to something, some just don't know what it is yet they just need to have the conversation about it"In Episode Five of What's Your Story Melbourne producer Jess Fairfax and writer Enza Gandolfo chat passion. What is it about humans that enable us to delve into a love for something? How do we find it and what keeps us from discovering it?Enza Gandolfo is the author of the novel, The Bridge (Scribe 2018) and Swimming (Vanark Press 2009). She is also the co-author of several non-fiction books including: Inventory: On Op Shops with Sue Dodd and It Keeps Me Sane: Women Craft Wellbeing with Marty Grace. Her short stories, essays, autobiographical pieces, reviews and articles have been published in a range of literary journals, magazines and newspapers.​Enza is an Honorary Professor in Creative Writing at Victoria University. https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/enza-gandolfo

Enza Gandolfo joins Backstory with Melissa Cranenburgh this week to talk about her second novel The Bridge. Drawing on the true events of Australia's worst industrial accident (the collapse of The West Gate Bridge), a tragedy that still scars the city of Melbourne. The Bridge is a profoundly moving novel that examines class, guilt, and moral culpability. Yet it shows that even the most harrowing of situations can give way to forgiveness and redemption. Ultimately, it is a testament to survival and the resilience of the human spirit.And we catch up with Khalid Warsame from West Writers Forum. The Forum is an annual event that aims to encourage diverse and critically engaged conversations between writers/storytellers, readers and industry members. The forum includes panels, workshops, performances, installations and story walks and is held from the 27 - 29 July at Footscray Community Arts Centre.

Megan Goldin’s novel, The Escape Room, delves into the murky world of finance where people are literally prepared to murder to make money. But what happens when some of those corrupt executives become caught in an elevator? A Penguin publication.The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo is a moving and poignant novel that revolves around Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge. Two tragic accidents four decades apart deeply affect the lives of families in and around Yarraville. A Scribe Publication.