Bob Brown is an environmental and social justice campaigner and former senator. A founding member of the Wilderness Society, from 1978 he led the successful campaign against the construction of the Franklin Dam. He served in Tasmanian state parliament for a decade, was leader of the Australian Greens, and in 1996 was elected to the federal Senate. His books include Memo for a Saner World and Optimism. After retiring from the Senate in 2012, he established the Bob Brown Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation supporting environmental causes. His latest book is Defiance: Stories from Nature and Its Defenders.
Saturday 18 October
7.30pm (bar from 6.30)
Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown casts an unflinching eye on the forces that have shaped him and the reasons why he’ll never stop fighting. Bob’s new book, Defiance, traverses his early days leading local environmental campaigns, to the national stage and Federal Parliament, all the while fighting for issues that matter. With Sophie Black.
Presented in partnership with the Bookshop at Queenscliff.
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