*ONLINE* Ellena Savage in conversation with Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Join Ellena Savage for a discussion of her acclaimed essay collection, Blueberries, with Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places, on 4 March at 7.30pm. The event will be streaming live via the Pages of Hackney Instagram account.
This event is free to attend, however you can show your support with a donation. All contributions for this event will be donated to Sistah Space, a Hackney-based organisation that offers vital support to women and girls of African heritage who have experienced domestic or sexual abuse, or who have lost a loved one to domestic violence. For more information and to donate click here.
Blueberries
‘I mean who cares about opinions, gossip, whatever, when bodies are so vulnerable, in search only of love and breath.’
Brilliant young writer Ellena Savage explores Portuguese police stations and Portland college campuses, suburban Melbourne libraries and wintry Berlin apartments. She circles back to scenes of crimes or near-crimes, to lovers or near-lovers, to turn over the stones, re-read the paperwork, check the deeds, approach from another angle altogether. These essays traverse cities and spaces, bodies and histories, moving through forms and modes to find a closer kind of truth. Blueberries is…
