Chair: Rick Morton Shannon Burns’ haunting memoir, Childhood, details the poverty, neglect and domestic dysfunction the author faced while growing up in suburban South Australia. Moving between first and third person perspectives, the memoir provides a window into the series of traumatic familial relationships that contributed to his turbulent childhood. Burns reflects on his experiences, what it means to ’make it out’ and the hope that can be found in literature. Event details: Tue 07 Mar, 10:45am on the West Stage
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