Celebrate Refugee Week with Reneé Pettitt-Schipp

Join Reneé Pettitt-Schipp as she discusses her non-fiction book, The Archipelago of Us, and shares work from her poetry collection, The Sky Runs Right Through Us.

Listen to short readings from both books and learn about the heart-warming relationships Reneé formed, as well as the challenges her experiences brought to her understanding of Australia as a ‘Fair Go’ nation.

The Archipelago of Us is Renee’s memoir that delves into Australia’s complicated history with asylum seekers. The Weekend Australian has described this book as ‘… a travel narrative, a memoir, and an impressively researched history of a place too often overlooked.’ 

Reneé Pettitt-Schipp’s work with asylum seekers inspired her first collection of poetry The Sky Runs Right Through Us and won the 2018 WA Premier’s Literary Award for an Emerging Writer. Reneé currently lives and writes in Western Australia’s Great Southern.

Books will be available to purchase on the day from New Edition Bookshop.

This conversation is free to the public, but bookings are essential.