Stella Day Out, Ballarat | Katia Ariel ' The Swift Dark Tide' in conversation

Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature.

Join Katia Ariel for an intimate conversation about her 2024 Stella shortlisted debut 'The Swift Dark Tide' and her second novel 'Ferryman: The Life and Deathwork of Ephraim Finch'. Moving between love and loss, memory and myth, Ariel’s work navigates the deep waters of human connection with lyricism and courage.

Katia (she/her) is an award-winning author, book editor and educator from Melbourne/Naarm. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine. Her memoir, The Swift Dark Tide, shortlisted for the Stella Prize in 2024 and won the 2024 Society of Women Writers NSW Non-fiction Prize.

Katia will be in conversation with Kelly Gardiner.
Kelly Gardiner writes historical fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction for all ages. Her new crime novel, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, is inspired by Jane Austen and co-authored with Sharmini Kumar.

For more go to https://ballaratmi.org.au/talks/

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