MY MOTHER, MY SELF
Presented by Plains FM 96.9 and Women on Air
Miriam Frank & Mireille Juchau
The rich and complex relationship between mother and daughter, and emigration as a result of war, are themes shared by these two writers. In her critically acclaimed novel, Burning In, Mireille Juchau follows the life of Martine Hartmann, who moves from Sydney to New York to pursue her career as a photographer, leaving behind her mother Lotte, a holocaust survivor. Nine years later, when her daughter goes missing, Martine begins to understand Lotte’s anxieties. Miriam Frank, author of the compelling autobiography, My Innocent Absence – Tales From A Nomadic Life, was five when she and her mother Kate fled occupied France for Mexico in 1941. Seven years later, the pair moved to New Zealand, where Miriam graduated in medicine. She obtained her Fellowship in Anaesthesia in the United Kingdom and was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Royal London Hospital.
Mireille Juchau teaches at the University of Technology in Sydney, and her short fiction, plays, art reviews and essays have been published internationally. Burning In was shortlisted for the 2008 Prime Minister’s Award in Australia, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Age Book of the Year Award.
Miriam Frank was born in Spain and spent her childhood in France, Mexico and New Zealand. She has also translated literary works by Latin American and Spanish authors, and written literary articles.
Chair: Ruth Todd is presenter for Women on Air at Plains FM and a programme director for The Press Christchurch Writers Festival.
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Date/Time
31 Aug 2012 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Cost:$16/14
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