Golden Valley Book Launch by Marjorie Gadd
November 26, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEDT
$ per ticket
Marjorie Gadd, Author is launching her novel Golden Valley at The Palais Theatre Saturday 26th November 3-5pm!
Set amid the social changes of the 1960’s, Golden Valley is a warts-and-all portrait of southern Tasmanian life, written with intimate knowledge, insight, and much love. This is the story of Louise Johnstone and her family. It charts Louise’s experiences growing up in Tasmania’s rural south.
Author of Golden Valley Marjorie Gadd is a teacher, musician and writer.
She is co-founder of the Tasmanian Heritage Fiddle Ensemble; and the Huon Heritage Ensemble, two groups dedicated to the propagation and revival of traditional, Tasmanian country dance music.
She has been principal writer in multi-media productions of ‘Jane Franklin – an Examined Life’, and ‘FIRE’, a history of the 1967 Tasmanian bushfires.
She has also written ‘Eureka One: a creative approach to beginning violin’,and has co-written ‘On The Fiddle’ and ‘The Tasmanian Heritage; Apple Shed Dance Tunes Book’.
As a 6th generation Tasmanian, and long-time resident of Southern Tasmania, she has a vital interest in Tasmania’s unique and evolving culture.
This is her first novel.