Meet the Author - Julie Janson @ Denmark Library
Past Event
Denmark Library invites you to join author and poet Julie Janson as she talks about her book The Light Horse Ghost.
Julie Janson has a successful career as a playwright, and now works as a novelist and award winning poet. She is a Burruberongal woman of The Darug nation in NSW. Julie is the co-recipient of the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poetry Prize 2016 and winner of the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2019.
The return of the Light Horse to Western Australia brought many stories of bravery. This new novel reveals the hidden impact on a Light Horseman’s family – its tragedy and dark humour.
The Light Horse Ghost follows the life of Iris, a sixteen year old girl and her family in Boulder Kalgoorlie and the home coming of her father Albert from 1918 to 1921. A ghost of a horse has followed Albert home….
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