Literary Soiree. Katsehamos and the Great Idea: a true story of Greeks and Australian in the early twentieth century with Peter Prineas.

SOIR…ES LITT…RAIRES ON EUROPEAN CULTURE

(NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle Hospital Grounds, Balmain Road Rozelle, first Tuesday of the month)

Directions: Enter Rozelle Hospital from Balmain Road opposite Cecily Street and follow the signs to the Centre from this entrance.

Tuesday 1 August: Katsehamos and the Great Idea: a true story of Greeks and Australian in the early twentieth century

with Peter Prineas

When Peter Prineas discovered to his surprise that his grandfather, Peter Feros “Katsehamos”, was involved in a country picture theatre in the 1930s, he wanted to know more about it. The result was Katsehamos and the Great Idea, a book that digs deeply into the shared history of Greece and Australia, and the turbulent relationship that existed between Greeks and Australians in the early 20th century.

Peter Prineas is a writer, lawyer and environmentalist.

Cost: $10/$7 concession. 6.30 for 7.00pm start.

Includes light supper.

RSVP desirable for catering purposes.

Enquiries: NSW Writers’ Centre

9555 9757 or Joanna and

Joachim Hempel 9518 4615

or visit
www.nswwriterscentre.org.au.

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