Sacred Secular

Sacred Secular 10 Oct BOOK ABOUT THE SHOW Susan Orlean, Adam Liaw, Debra Dank & Mariana Enriquez in conversation with Amber Gwynne Archives, kitchens, libraries, cemeteries: these hallowed spaces of loss and discovery are where we excavate buried histories, build community, uncover new narratives and pay our respects to the dead. Join these four magnificent writers as they reveal the storied places that underpin their masterful new works of non-fiction. PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL ABOUT THE AUTHORS Susan Orlean is the bestselling author of eight books including Joyride , The Library Book , and The Orchid Thief , which was made into the Oscar-winning film Adaptation . She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 1992. She lives in Los Angeles. Adam Liaw has been cooking Asian cuisines his whole life. Born in Penang, Malaysia to a Singaporean mother and a Hainanese Chinese father, he has mixed Chinese, English, French and Indonesian heritage. He migrated to Austral