Glowfly dance: Literature as a changemaker- Insights into writing difficult stories

06 Jan 2025
Glowfly Dance
06 Jan 2025

GLOWFLY DANCE: LITERATURE AS A CHANGEMAKER - INSIGHTS INTO WRITING DIFFICULT STORIES

Dr Jade Gibson and Beryl Eichenberger

Date: Friday 31 January

Time: 17:00

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2 Kramer Law Building

Dr Jade Gibson’s debut novel Glowfly Dance is a powerful and haunting account of intimate partner violence as witnessed through the eyes of a young girl. The book was part of a major social change process in addressing domestic violence, including the #MeToo movment in 2017. Beryl Eichenberger from Woman Zone will discuss with author Jade Gibson as to how she wrote this very personal and difficult book for a broad audience, whilst retaining her authenticity. Although autobiographical, Glowfly Dance was published as a novel but crosses memoir and fiction genres, loosely described as literary autofiction. Jade and Beryl will speak to the personal experience of navigating the difficult terrain between subjectivity and objectivity; how a novel can be part of a process of bringing about social change and the impact on her personal and professional life as a speaker and writer. The conversation will appeal to all those interested in the writing process, both memoir and fiction, and how personal stories can act as a catalyst for change.

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