Courage & Reinvention – Don Watson at Brisbane Writers Festival

Robin Bailey (Flamingos Aren’t Born Pink), Don Watson (The Shortest History of the United States of America), Grantlee Kieza (Ellen Savage and the Heroes of AHS Centaur), Majeda Awawdeh (The Sky Is Concave).
Chair: Melanie Myers

A family’s journey through unimaginable loss. A wartime disaster that inspired exceptional heroism. An escape from oppression to the hard-won freedom of life in a new country. A reappraisal of America’s past that offers fresh insight into its present and future. These striking true stories of tragedy and transformation are testament to the power of the human spirit.