In a selfie culture of ‘me me me’, writers drawing on their own biographies are compelled to defend the value of the personal. How can we transform private life into something bigger? And how can we use research, critical ideas and theory to bring the personal into broad, widely meaningful pursuits? Award-winning author Ceridwen Dovey (Inner Worlds Outer Spaces: The working lives of others) and debut memoirist Nicola Redhouse (Unlike the Heart: A Memoir of Brain and Mind) consider the personal essay in conversation with ABC Radio’s Sarah Macdonald.

https://www.swf.org.au/festivals/festival-2020/the-limitless-self/