06.21.2018 - By Writing NSW
Writing NSW launched it’s rebrand, new website, and upcoming course program with a night of readings and literary festivities at Lazy Bones on Thursday 7 June 2018.
Jarrah read from his book 'Hey Brother' published by Allen & Unwin. Find out more about the book here: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/popular-fiction/Hey-Brother-Jarrah-Dundler-9781760631123
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Jarrah Dundler was raised in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Since completing his arts degree at Griffith University he’s worked as a grant writer, pizza-chef, uni tutor, barista, and a stonemason’s labourer. His debut novel Hey Brother, about the challenges faced by a teenage boy when his brother returns from war, was selected for a Byron Writers Festival Residential Mentorship, a Varuna fellowship and shortlisted for the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Jarrah currently lives back in the Northern Rivers region – the setting for his fiction – where he works as a mental health peer worker.
Recorded by Zacha Rosen.
Image credit: Raphael Stephens