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Join co-authors Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood for an exclusive dining experience that celebrates ‘the bounty of Mother Earth’.
‘The vigour of spring is all around us: the unfurling tree fern frond, the energy that pushes the orchids delicate stem through hard crust, the arrival of cuckoos. The urgency of growth and desire.’ – Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood, Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra.
At this very special event, Bruce Pascoe (Dark Emu) and his partner and co-author Lyn Harwood reflect on life, Country and the changing of the seasons with host Daniel James.
Black Duck Foods is Pascoe and Harwood’s Aboriginal social enterprise, focused on growing and selling Aboriginal foods and utilising traditional agricultural practices to harvest seasonally and sustainably and return economic benefits back to Community.
Their new book, Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra is a deeply personal memoir that guides a course through the aftermath of Dark Emu’s publication, and the noise and flames that figuratively and literally engulfed the couple. It also provides an urgent blueprint for food and land management in Australia.
Hosted at The Moat, tickets include a two-course seasonal lunch menu featuring Aboriginal ingredients, prepared in consultation with Pascoe and Harwood.
Supported by Melbourne Food and Wine.
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Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 19 October
12.30pm-3.30pm
Tickets
$119.00
Ticket
$154.00
Ticket + Book
Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Companion tickets available
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
The bookseller for this event is Readings
.
Pre-purchased books can be collected from the Readings pop up shop at the event. If you are no longer able to attend the event, you may be able to arrange to collect your book from Readings State Library Victoria up to 7 days after the event. Books cannot be posted.
A refund for the book may also be offered up to 72 hours after the event. Following these time periods, book collection or reimbursement cannot be guaranteed. Please contact ticketing@wheelercentre.com for further information.
Featuring
Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. He’s the author of the best-selling Dark Emu, Young Dark Emu: A Truer History, Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia ...
Lyn Harwood
Lyn Harwood has worked as a teacher, a dancer, an editor, a publisher and an artist. She is a director on the Board of Black Duck Foods, promoting Indigenous food agriculture. Lyn has instigated a community based fuel ...
Daniel James
Born in Melbourne and raised on Taungurong country in North East Victoria, Daniel is a Yorta Yorta Melbourne based writer and broadcaster. He is the winner of the 2018 Horne Prize for his essay Ten More Days. Daniel is ...