Scribe at Brisbane Writers Festival 2023

It’s almost time for the 2023 Brisbane Writers Festival! The lineup is full of intriguing events with both international and local authors making appearances in the events.

Get your tickets now to see discussions with Bora Chung (Cursed Bunny), Dr Ahona Guha (Reclaim), Laura Jean McKay (The Animals in That Country; Gunflower), Paul Biegler (Why Does It Still Hurt?), and Guillaume Pitron (The Dark Cloud).

Find the full list of our authors’ events below.

Thursday, 11 May
— 11.30am: Bora Chung | Cursed Bunny
— 5.30pm: Ahona Guha | Trauma, Domestic Violence, and Meaningful Change

Friday, 12 May
— 2.30pm: Bora Chung | Why is Short Fiction Important? (South Korean focus)
— 2.30pm: Laura Jean McKay | Empathy
— 5.30pm: Paul Biegler and Ahona Guha | The Doctors Will See You Now
— 5.30pm: Laura Jean McKay | Representing South Korea's Others
— 7pm: Bora Chung | Something Wicked

Saturday, 13 May
— 10am: Ahona Guha | Class
— 4pm: Bora Chung | Self-expression and Social Critique: women’s writing in South Korea

Sunday, 14 May
— 11.30am: Guillaume Pitron | The Dark Cloud
— 2.30pm: Guillaume Pitron | Climate of Fear

We hope to see you soon!

Cursed Bunny

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT.**
A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told she must find a father for her unborn baby or face horrific consequences. A young monster, forced to fight, discovers the extent of his power.
This genre-defying collection of short stories blurs the lines between magical realism, horror, and science fiction. Using elements of the fantastic and surreal, Chung exposes the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society, gliding effortlessly from terrifying to wryly…

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Why Does It Still Hurt?

**Chronic pain is the single biggest cause of human suffering. Yet pain that persists for three months or more is often unrelated to any physical injury. So why does it still hurt?**
Research over the last few decades shows that many of us — sufferers of chronic pain and health practitioners alike — are victims of a devilish trick of the nervous system. Where we believe that pain has its root in a damaged body, it is the brain that prolongs the hurting long after the body has healed. This leads to hundreds of billions of dollars being spent each year on treatments that sometimes do nothing and sometimes…

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Reclaim

**A groundbreaking book that will expand your thinking, whether you are a trauma survivor, a clinician, someone who loves a survivor, or someone seeking to understand abuse.**
In *Reclaim*, expert forensic and clinical psychologist Dr Ahona Guha explores complex traumas, how survivors can recover and heal, and the nature of those who abuse. She shines a light on the ‘difficult’ trauma victims that society often ignores, and tackles vital questions that plague us: ‘Why are psychological abuse and coercive control so difficult to spot?’, ‘What kinds of behaviours should we see as red flags?’, and…

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The Dark Cloud

**A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment.**
A simple ‘like’ sent from our smartphones mobilises what will soon constitute the largest infrastructure built by man. This small notification, crossing the seven operating layers of the Internet, travels around the world, using submarine cables, telephone antennas, and data centres, going as far as the Arctic Circle.
It turns out that the ‘dematerialised’ digital world, essential for communicating, working, and consuming, is much…

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Gunflower

**The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of *The Animals in That Country*.**
A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men.
With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans embrace their animal selves and animals talk like humans.
The stories in *Gunflower* explode and bloom in mesmerising ways, showing the…

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Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

RRP: $27.99 Pub date: 28 Feb 2023 Category: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Cover view

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Why Does It Still Hurt?

Paul Biegler

RRP: $36.99 Pub date: 10 Jan 2023 Category: Popular medicine & health Cover view

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Reclaim

Ahona Guha

RRP: $32.99 Pub date: 28 Feb 2023 Category: Psychology Cover view

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Gunflower

Laura Jean McKay

RRP: $29.99 Pub date: 3 Oct 2023 Category: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Cover view

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The Dark Cloud

Guillaume Pitron

RRP: $35.00 Pub date: 10 May 2023 Category: Internet: general works Cover view

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