Maralinga author speaks at lunch
Author Ms Judy Nunn will speak at a literary lunch on Sunday, November 15.
Ms Nunn, who regularly visits her holiday home in Killcare, will speak about her latest novel Marilinga.
It is the story of five lost souls who find themselves in a "violent and unforgiving landscape; infected with the unique madness and excitement that only nuclear testing creates".
"It is also a story of love; a love so strong that it draws an adventurous young English journalist halfway around the world in search of the truth."
The lunch has been organised by Book Bazaar owner Ms Mandi McIntosh.
She said Ms Nunn's career had been long, illustrious and multifaceted.
"After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 1980s to turn her hand to prose," Ms McIntosh said.
"The result was two adventure novels for children, Eye in the Storm and its sequel Eye in the City which remain extremely popular, not only in Australia but also in Europe.
"Embarking on adult fiction in the early 1990s, Judy's three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, were set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film.
"Her subsequent books, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage and Floodtide confirm her position as one of Australia's leading popular novelists."
Ms McIntosh said: "Maralinga is about heartbreak; brought to the innocent first Australians who had walked their land unhindered for 40,000 years.
"The power to love, the power to hate, and the power to destroy human existence ... Maralinga has them all."
The lunch will be held at the Boathouse restaurant in Koolewong from 12pm at a cost of $40 per person including two-course meal.
Press release, 26 Oct 2009
Mandi McIntosh, Book Bazaar