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Like a house on fire cate kennedy5/22/2023 This event is a part of a Booked Out VCE Twilight Seminars series, with other events scheduled for Maxine Beneba Clarke and Toni Jordan. Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria Q&A and Signing: 6.15pm – 6.45pm (optional). The students said they found her presentation really interesting … the kids were really engaged for the full hour.” ” Cate Kennedy was excellent! She was engaging, warm and suggested useful, practical strategies that the students can use in their own writing. Students who attend Cate’s talks benefit immensely from hearing directly from their studied author, and value having their questions answered with gentleness, intelligence and enthusiasm from Cate. This will be followed by an open floor thirty-minute Q&A session for students to ask questions about topics they may find challenging. This special event will allow students to deepen their understanding of Like a House on Fire through Cate’s comprehensive sixty-minute talk encompassing her writing process and covering themes of love, family, regret, pain and salvation. It’s clear that previously they were very much in love with each other, yet have been going through a harsh period of disagreements and fights. Booked Out is delighted to announce that Cate Kennedy will be joining the VCE Twilight Seminars series in 2019 to speak on Like a House on Fire. Summary of Like a House on Fire by Cate Kennedy This short story centres around an unnamed narrator, locked in a rocky relationship with his wife Claire and their kids.
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