This event is hosted by Harry Hartog ANU in conjunction with the National Centre of Biography

On 14 July Dr Kerrie Davies will be in conversation with Dr Michelle Staff on Davies' new book, Miles Franklin Undercover: The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career (Allen & Unwin).

Tickets are free but registration is essential. For more details, visit Harry Hartog's event page.

About Kerrie Davies

Kerrie Davies is the author of A Wife's Heart, that created national discussion about the iconic poet Henry Lawson and his marriage. She has appeared at the Sydney and Brisbane Writers Festivals, and the National Folk festival, Canberra. A former journalist for Vogue and the Sunday Telegraph, Kerrie is Senior Lecturer at the School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Sydney, a 2024 Visiting Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales, and writes for the Conversation.

About Michelle Staff

Dr Michelle Staff is a feminist historian living on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country in Canberra. She is the online and outreach manager for the Australian Dictionary of Biography and the 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellow.