A talk and poetry reading by Carmel Summers and the Canberra poets who encouraged her exploration.
Eliza Cook, wife of Captain Cook, considered she had written herself out of history by destroying all personal papers and records before her death. Fortunately traces remain.
In this talk Carmel Summers will describe the many places she found her history when writing her biography,
The Silence of Eliza Cook, which will be published in 2027 by Recent Work Press.
Readings by: Deborah Dawkings, Hazel Hall, Kathy Kituai, Kate Maxwell, K. A Nelson, Moya Pacey.
