GREEK AUSTRALIAN WRITERS’ FESTIVAL, Beta Bar, 238 Castlereagh St Sydney, NSW 2000.

Click here for full program and booking (Tickets free but you should reserve a spot): https://greekfestivalofsydney.com.au/event/the-greek-australian-writers-festival/

In 1955, while living on Kalymnos, Australian author Charmian Clift ‘translated’ the island’s culture for English-speaking readers in Mermaid Singing. In 2022, the story came back to Greece in the translation To Tragoudi tis Gorgonas. In this panel discussion, the book’s translator, Fotini Pipi, will describe her process and the Australian Ambassador to Greece, Arthur Spyrou will discuss the book’s significance for Greek and Australian readers. Clift’s biographer, Nadia Wheatley, will put Clift’s experience on Kalymnos and the writing of Mermaid Singing into the context of the author’s life. The panel will be chaired by academic and journalist, Helen Vatsikopoulos.