#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Meet Joanne Ramos, author of The Farm, which has been described by Marie Claire as “ The Handmaid’s Tale of 2019.” In this intimate event you can ask the author all the things you’re dying to know while enjoying a beverage and refreshments in a tranquil setting overlooking the Brisbane River.
#Artist
Joanne Ramos
JOANNE RAMOS was born in the Philippines and moved to Wisconsin when she was six. She graduated with a BA from Princeton University. After working in investment banking and private-equity investing for several years, she became a staff writer at The Economist. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children.
#Moderator
Pauline McLeod
Pauline McLeod is the Children's and YA Literature Specialist at Riverbend Books, Bulimba. A Teacher-Librarian and former English and History teacher, for over a decade Pauline was a coordinator of UQ Library's award-winning school outreach program UQL Cyberschool. She has an MA in Children's Literature and Graduate Diplomas in Secondary Education and Teacher-Librarianship. She has a special interest in YA fiction and is passionate about promoting and encouraging Australian stories. In 2015 Pauline was awarded the ABA Elizabeth Riley Fellowship for Children's Bookselling. Pauline is a current judge for 2019 of the Older Reader’s category of the CBCA awards and facilitates the monthly Teacher-Librarian bookclubs at Riverbend.
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