
Animal Conversations: Laura Jean McKay & Joni Murphy
Laura Jean McKay, Joni Murphy and Jessica Johnson
Animal Conversations: Laura Jean McKay & Joni Murphy
Laura Jean McKay, Joni Murphy and Jessica Johnson
7:30pm
Monday, October 26, 2020
45 mins
What if animals could talk? What would they tell us about our society? Australian author and lecturer Laura Jean McKay (The Animals in That Country) and American writer and artist Joni Murphy (Talking Animals) take us into the minds of wildlife in their latest works of speculative fiction. Discover what sparked the imagination of these two writers, and explore the ways these warm and wild stories demonstrate the unique bond between humans and animals, as well as the complexities we share as living creatures.
Interviewer: Jessica Johnson
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What if animals could talk? What would they tell us about our society? Australian author and lecturer Laura Jean McKay (The Animals in That Country) and American writer and artist Joni Murphy (Talking Animals) take us into the minds of wildlife in their latest works of speculative fiction. Discover what sparked the imagination of these two writers, and explore the ways these warm and wild stories demonstrate the unique bond between humans and animals, as well as the complexities we share as living creatures.
Interviewer: Jessica Johnson
English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.