CAPOW!
Coalition of Australian Participating Organisations of Women
PO Box 123, Civic Square ACT 2608 Ph/Fax: 02 6230 2181
INVITES YOU
To an evening with
ANNE DEVESON
at the Canberra release of her first novel
LINES IN THE SAND
At Parliament House, Canberra
-Main Committee Room-
(use Main Entrance)
On Tuesday, 30 May 2000
at 5.00pm
Registration essential to gain entry
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Suggested donation $10.00
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Lines in the Sand
ANNE DEVESON
Lines in the Sand is a love story, played out against the disturbing
relationship between human rights, the media and power politics.
In 1975, at the age of twenty, Hannah Coady thinks she can change the
world. Fiery and idealistic, she proves her mettle as a journalist in the
terrible famine in Ethiopia, and is changed forever by the experience. But
it's not just the starvation and the politics that change her, it's the
beginning of a great love for two remarkable men: Waldo, a cynical but
endearing British filmmaker, and Ezekiel, a Rwandan radical whose fervour
is a match for Hannah's own.
Over the decades Hannah's commitment is frequently tested in the
international disaster zones she covers. She moves in a world of sometimes
comic absurdity, where people struggle to make sense of some of the major
political issues of our time. Her connections with Waldo and Ezekiel ebb
and flow, until in 1994, in the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, the
unthinkable happens=85
Set against a backdrop of real events, and drawn from Deveson's own
experience as a filmmaker in some of the world's worst disaster areas,
Lines in the Sand is a passionate story of loyalty, courage and the human
spirit. It is also a chilling reminder of what happens when the world
stands by and refuses to act in the face of evil. Viking rrp $26.95
About the author
Anne Deveson is a writer, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker with a long
involvement in human rights issues. She was born in Kuala Lumpur; spent
her childhood moving between Malaysia, Britain and Australia, then worked
as a journalist for the BBC and the London bureau of the New York Times.
In Australia, she became the first woman to run her own daily current
affairs radio program. In 1974, she was appointed a Royal Commissioner
with the Royal Commission on Human Relationships and in 1978, a founding
member of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board. She was Chair of the South
Australian Film Corporation and Executive Director of the Australian Film,
Television and Radio School. She has made numerous award winning
television and radio documentaries including several films in Africa and
Asia which have won her three UN Media Peace Awards. =20
Her writing includes the internationally acclaimed Tell Me I'm Here, which
won the 1991 Human Rights Award for non-fiction. She has also written
Australian at Risk, Faces of Change and Coming of Age. From 1995-97 she
was Chair of the Australian Society of Authors. =20
In 1993 she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to
the media and to mental health. In 1994 she was awarded honorary
doctorates by the University of New South Wales and the University of South
Australia for services to the community. She lives in Sydney.
LL.AE
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