Aurora Lecture Theatre, IMAS Building
Summary:Tasmania Reads 2024 - Try Something New for Tasmania Reads Week, 17 to 23 March 2024!
Presenter(s):
- Robyn Mundy, Author
EVENT CANCELLED
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) Library and the UTAS School of English are joining Libraries Tasmania to celebrate Tasmania Reads Week in 2024!
Author event
The book selected for UTAS READS in 2024 is Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy.
Robyn will present a public lecture on Thursday, March 21st at the IMAS Aurora Lecture Theatre from 5.15pm to 6.15pm. Please register here to attend the lecture online.
Book club
A book club meeting will be held at 1:00pm on Thursday,14th March to discuss the novel. Please register for a ticket here:
- Engineering Design Centre, Room 302, Engineering building, Sandy Bay Campus
- Room 215, UTAS Library, Inveresk
- Online
Cold Coast
In 1932, Wanny Woldstad, a young widow, travels to Svalbard, daring to enter the Norwegian trappers’ fiercely guarded male domain. She must prove to Anders Sæterdal, her trapping partner who makes no secret of his disdain, that a woman is fit for the task. Over the course of a Svalbard winter, Wanny and Sæterdal will confront polar bears, traverse glaciers, withstand blizzards and the dangers of sea ice, and hike miles to trap Arctic fox, all in the frigid darkness of the four-month polar night. For Wanny, the darkness hides her own deceptions that, if exposed, speak to the untenable sacrifice of a 1930s woman longing to fulfil a dream.
Alongside the raw, confronting nature of the trappers’ work, is the story of a young blue Arctic fox, itself a hunter, who must eke out a living and navigate the trappers’ world if it is to survive its first Arctic winter.
About the author
Robyn Mundy is author of the novels Wildlight and The Nature of Ice, and co-author of the young readers’ Epic Adventure: Epic Voyages. She works seasonally as an Assistant Expedition Leader for Aurora Expeditions. Robyn currently lives in Hobart where she teaches writing and is at work on a new novel. Visit her at http://writingthewild.net.
About Tasmania Reads
Tasmania Reads is an annual, week-long celebration filled with fun, reading-inspired events and activities for all ages, across libraries and businesses statewide. Whether you read novels, recipes, newspapers, poetry, comic books or anything else, join the fun!
