Event Description

If history is a story, we can change the narrative

What if we could change our future by rewriting our pasts?

For author Amitav Ghosh and researcher Luke Kemp, navigating the present means understanding the past. In two books, The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis and Wild Fictions, Amitav considers human history through our relationship with the environment, while Luke retells the collapse of empires to find solutions for our current existential crises in Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.

Revisit the past to find solutions for the present with Amitav and Luke in conversation with host Clare Wright.

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When

9:30AM - 10:30AM
Friday 22 May 2026
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Contact

0267675228

Where

Tamworth Library
466 Peel Street
Tamworth NSW
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Live Streaming Events

EVENT NAME Date LOCATION
Yann Martel: Son of Nobody 21 May 2026 at 11:30AM Wee Waa Library
Yann Martel: Son of Nobody 21 May 2026 at 11:30AM Narrabri Library
Stephanie Alexander: The Cook's Companion 30th Anniversary 21 May 2026 at 1:30PM Wee Waa Library
Stephanie Alexander: The Cook's Companion 30th Anniversary 21 May 2026 at 1:30PM Narrabri Library
Bringing the past to life 21 May 2026 at 3:30PM Wee Waa Library