Meet the Author: Gina Chick (SOLD OUT)
We are delighted to be presenting the extraordinary Gina Chick, winner of the first Alone Australia, as well as beautiful writer, when she launches her powerful new memoir, We Are the Stars. Gina will be in conversation with ABC Radio Adelaide's Sonya Feldhoff at 7pm on Wednesday October 16, Burnside Ballroom, 401 Greenhill Rd, Tusmore. This promises to be a deep and glorious chat, not to be missed. This exciting event is presented in association with the Burnside Library.
We Are the Stars is a magic carpet ride through the exquisite mystery of the human heart. If you’re ready to get lost in jungles, wander into wolf-dens, sing with storms, rescue orphaned animals, dive to the depths, dance ’til your knees wobble, fall in love, find yourself by losing it all, and most of all be real; this book is for you. Gina, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read. From day one of her wildly unconventional childhood, Gina blazed her own trail, which led her to dance through the hidden world of ’90s Sydney nightlife into the arms of a conman. She fled to the wilderness to find healing, began a wondrous love affair with the deepest lessons life – and death – can offer, and found that all the answers are written in the wisdom of the body and the whirling silence of stars.You’ve never read anything like it.
Gina Chick is a rewilding facilitator, adventurer, writer and speaker. Writing is in Gina Chick's genes. Her grandmother, Charmian Clift, was an author, essayist and Australia's first female columnist in the early 60's. Gina was one of ten participants of the first series of Alone Australia, made by iTV and screened on SBS in 2023. After 67 days of unforgettable moments of searing vulnerability, Gina was the last person standing, and the second woman to win an Alone solo challenge. Her determination, passion, and love of the natural world endeared her to more than 5.5 million people around Australia. Gina's articles have been published in The Guardian, Mamamia and SBS online.
Tickets are $15 or you can purchase Ticket + Book for $37 (We Are the Stars is $37 RRP) with the book to be collected at the event. We Are the Stars will be on sale for the night for $37.
If you are unable to attend the event on the night, but would love a copy of the signed book delivered or posted to your South Australian address (free postage) after the event, please select Book Only ($37).
Location
Burnside Ballroom
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore South Australia 5065
Contact Details
08 8339 3931 or books@matildabookshop.com.au
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Meet the Author: Gina Chick (SOLD OUT)
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