2:45 – 3:30pm

Moderated by Elfy Scott

Spend an entertaining afternoon with Rosie Waterland: bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, profesh funny person. For this chat, Rosie will share the deeply personal story behind the book Broken Brains, co-written with journalist Jamila Rizvi. In it, they discover that there is more than just one way to be sick. For Jam, it was a brain tumour. For Rosie, it was exposure to childhood neglect and trauma. The result is the same. Packed with honest advice and anecdotes, this is an event you won’t want to miss.

Please note: Seating is unallocated. 

Bookseller UMINA BEACH BOOK NOOK will be onsite to sell books, which can be signed by the authors after the event.

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Rosie Waterland

Rosie Waterland is an author, comedian, podcaster and public speaker, but mostly calls herself a writer. Her first two books, The Anti Cool Girl and Every Lie I’ve Ever Told, were critically acclaimed, national bestsellers. Her podcasts ‘Mum Says My Memoir is a Lie’ and ‘Just the Gist’ have over 20 million combined downloads, earning her an Australian Commercial Radio Award and Australian Podcast Award. She had written for various TV projects and nationally toured three one-woman shows. Rosie has spent much of her adult years dealing with the debilitating symptoms of trauma caused by prolonged exposure to abuse and toxic stress in her childhood.

Elfy Scott

Elfy Scott is an award-winning journalist, presenter, and author living and working on Gadigal land. She has written for The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, the Age, and VICE and makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. Her first book, The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About, focuses on the experience of people living with complex mental health conditions in Australia and the ways that the mental healthcare system fails so many people. Elfy is passionate about climate action, explaining complex things in accessible ways, and napping.