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Austrian writer Julya Rabinowich will, together with Melbourne-based writer Kalinda Ashton, present a talk entitled Childhood Scars.  Rabinowich's first novel Splithead, draws heavily on her own experience of leaving the Soviet Union at the age of 7. Her novel tells of a young girl's move from St Petersburg to Vienna which leads to divided loyalties and a splintering family.

Monday 22 August
10:15am - 11:15am
Spiegeltent