Jessie will be appearing in:
Sat. 15 Sep, 2018 10:45am – 11:45am AEST
Cheryl Akle, Louise Allan, Jessie Cole, Adam Thompson
Sun. 16 Sep, 2018 10:45am – 11:45am AEST
Ending Life or Ending Suffering – Julian Burnside, Dr Terry Hannan, Dr Charlie Corke, Jessie Cole
Jessie will be appearing in:
Sat 1 Sep, 4pm
Mission to Seafarers Chapel
To my childhood: goodbye. Author of the memoir Staying, Jessie Cole, South Sudanese refugee Majok Tulba, former child actor Mara Wilson and transgender activist Nevo Zisin celebrate, lament and mourn their youth as they turn towards the future.
This session contains content related to death and self-harm, mental illness and homophobia.
Sun 2 Sep, 4pm
ACMI Studio 1
How do we recover from loss? Jessie Cole discusses her heartbreaking memoir Staying, a book that Tim Winton describes as “wounded, lovely, luminous”, and shares how, through writing, she found peace in a place of pain. With Maria Tumarkin.
This session contains content related to death, self-harm and mental illness
Sun 2 Sep, 7pm
Melbourne Museum
The final night of MWF celebrates what it means to let go, as six writers pay tribute to something or someone loved and lost in a night of ritual, healing and farewell. Featuring readings from Ali Cobby Eckermann, Jessie Cole, Sophie Cunningham, Kate Holden, Mariam Issa and Maria Tumarkin; a full musical performance by the soaringly beautiful Megan Washington. Hosted by Rafeif Ismail.
Doors and bar open 7pm. 2 hour event followed by party till late
Jessie will be appearing in:
When: Saturday 8 September, 1pm – 2.15pm
Where: LibraryMuseum, Corner of Kiewa and Swift Streets, Albury
Price: $5.00
To what degree is the author present in their fiction or the biographer present in stories of others? Is the self as revealed in memoir any truer than the self that might emerge in other forms of writing? Caroline Baum, Jessie Cole and Robert Hillman get introspective about the ways they see themselves reflected in their various writings.
When: Sunday 9 September, 12pm – 1.15pm
Where: LibraryMuseum, Corner of Kiewa and Swift Streets, Albury
Price: $5.00
Caroline Baum and Jessie Cole’s memoirs recount childhoods that couldn’t be more different. Jessie’s free-range upbringing in the hinterlands of northern NSW contrasts Caroline’s worldly and privileged, if tightly controlled, childhood in England. Both were unconventional, neither idyllic. They talk to Ailsa Piper about family, forgiveness and the importance of writing to understanding their lives and losses.
All hailing from different parts of the country, Inga Simpson, Jessie Cole and Paul Collis discuss their connections to their environment and how the landscape informs their work. Hosted by environmental writer and novelist Jane Rawson.
Jessie Cole’s heartbreaking memoir Staying asks what happens to those who are left behind when someone takes their own life. It’s about the importance of home, family and forgiveness—and finding peace in a place of pain. Join the critically acclaimed author of Darkness on the Edge of Town and Deeper Water and host Julia Tsalis for an intimate discussion.
Tuesday 10 July 2018, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Join Jessie Cole to hear from her heartbreaking memoir as she asks what happens to those who are left behind when someone takes their own life, the importance of home, family and forgiveness – and finding peace in a place of pain.
Woollahra Library, 451 New South Head Road, Double Bay
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Better Read Than Dead – Saturday, July 7
3pm – 4.30pm
What if the thing in your past is so big that to avoid talking about it you’d have to move far away, but you loved your home so much you couldn’t leave?
Staying is a searing memoir by acclaimed novelist Jessie Cole, about surviving personal tragedy and finding a place to heal. Her highly praised novels, Darkness on the Edge of Town and Deeper Water, explore similar themes, but it is this, her own powerful story filled with profound wisdom and redemptive beauty, that she has been longing to write.
Join Jessie Cole for a conversation about Staying, over a high tea of sweets, scones, sandwiches and champagne.
Better Read Than Dead – 265 King Street, Newtown, NSW.
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Thursday 24th May, 6pm – 8pm.
Join a Salon of emerging writers with Jessie Cole for the launch of “Staying: A Memoir” at Avid Reader Bookshop.
As children, Jessie Cole and her brother Jake ran wild, free to roam their rainforest home as they pleased. They had each other, parents who adored them, and two mysterious, beautiful, clever half-sisters, Billie and Zoe, who came to visit every holidays. But when Jessie was on the cusp of adolescence, tragedy struck, and her happy, loving family fell apart.
This heartbreaking memoir asks what happens to those who are left behind when someone takes their own life. It’s about the importance of home, family and forgiveness—and finding peace in a place of pain.
By the critically acclaimed author of “Darkness on the Edge of Town” and “Deeper Water”.
Avid Reader Bookshop: 193 Boundary St, West End, Brisbane, QLD.
This event commences at 6:30pm. Printed tickets are not issued and your booking will be on a door list under your surname. Tickets for this event cost $7.50 and bookings are essential.
Sunday 10th June, 9am – 10am
Alicia Tuckerman, Alli Sinclair, Claire Aman & Jessie Cole. Chaired by Jesse Blackadder
Sunday 10th June, 12.30pm – 2pm
Don Watson, Kate Cole-Adams, Stuart Coupe & Jessie Cole. Chaired by Caroline Baum.
Head over to http://bellingenwritersfestival.com.au/ to check out the full program and buy tickets.
Friday, 4th May, 1.30pm. Seymour Centre, Reginald Theatre, CHIPPENDALE
“Composing a memoir is a deeply personal process, one made more complicated when writing about family and friends. In this session, three memoirists consider the opportunities and risks in telling true stories about loved ones. Rosie Waterland’s Every Lie I’ve Ever Told details her family’s reaction to her bestselling debut memoir, The Anti-Cool Girl. Jessie Cole explores loss and grief in the beautifully written Staying. Tara Westover’s Educated explores her escape from a survivalist end-of-days childhood. They speak to ABC Radio Sydney’s Richard Glover.”
Head to swf.org.au to see the program and book tickets!
