6pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 mins

NOTE: This is a free event, but bookings are essential.

Join us to hear local author Dr Jules Mead discussing her new novel, Translating Emma.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Emma had a plan: play touch footy and maybe even go pro. By now, the pain from her broken ankle should be gone. But it hasn’t—it’s only getting worse, taking over her life. She’s stuck—unable to run, unable to escape the pain, and losing everything that once mattered. Worst of all, nobody understands—not even her best friend, Lily. Then Alex arrives—an outsider who refuses to let Emma give up. But is Alex the answer, or
does Emma’s music therapist, Billie, hold the key to making sense of it all?

As Emma fights to walk again, her pain exposes buried secrets—her own and those of the people she trusts most. To move forward, she’ll have to face the truth. But is she ready to confront what’s been hidden for so long?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jules Mead is a Nurse Practitioner who has worked with young people experiencing persistent pain for over twenty years. She has a PhD in creative writing, where she explored the lived experience of pain through a fictional narrative. Jules is interested in transdisciplinary research and establishing links between the creative arts, education and health. Translating Emma is her first work of fiction.