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Griffith Review: Crimes and Punishments

Fri 6 Sep 2019

Matthew Condon + Fiona Foley + Ross Homel

Cinema B, GoMA

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6100

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Meet three authors from the 65th edition of the Griffith Review who will discuss our fascination with crime and its very real impacts on our society. Matthew Condon, Fiona Foley, Ross Homel Chair: Ashley Hay This session is presented in partnership with Griffith Review.

#Artists

Matthew Condon

Matthew Condon is a prize-winning Australian novelist and journalist. He began his journalism career with the Gold Coast Bulletin in 1984 and subsequently worked for leading newspapers and journals including the Sydney Morning Herald, the Sun-Herald, Melbourne’s Sunday Age and the Courier-Mail. He has written ten books of fiction, including The Trout Opera, and is the author of the best-selling true-crime series about Queensland crime and corruption – Three Crooked Kings (2013), Jacks and Jokers (2014), All Fall Down (2015) and Little Fish are Sweet (2016).

Fiona Foley

2018 Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University • 2011–17 Adjunct Professor, The University of Queensland • 2003–09 Adjunct Professor, Griffith University • 1987 Diploma of Education, Sydney Institute of Education, Sydney University • 1984– 86 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts • 1982–83 Certificate of Arts, East Sydney Technical College She exhibits regularly in Australia and internationally. Her recent solo exhibitions were held at Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane in 2017 and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne in 2012. Foley completed her PhD with Griffith University in 2017. The thesis topic examined Queensland’s legislation, The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897. Her new work on this subject was received with significant interest. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Griffith University.

Ross Homel

Ross Homel is Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith. He is passionate about the prevention of crime, violence and injuries, and has published approximately 200 books, articles, and high impact government reports. He has won many awards for his research on the prevention of crime and the promotion of positive development and wellbeing for children and young people in socially disadvantaged communities through family support and family-school partnerships.

#Moderator

Ashley Hay

Ashley Hay is a novelist and essayist whose awards include the Foundation of Australian Literary Studies’ Colin Roderick Award, the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Peoples’ Choice, and the Bragg/UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Her latest novel is A Hundred Small Lessons. She is the editor of Griffith Review.