Thursday 16 May — 6 pm for 6.30 start
Kathleen Syme Community Centre and Library
251 Faraday St Carlton — 1st floor Multipurpose Room 2

Speakers: Abdul Samad Haidari Zakia Baig Angela Costi Suresh Sundram

Abdul Samad Haidari is a Hazara Afghan journalist, writer, poet and

human rights activist; a former refugee, he is now living in New Zealand.

The Unsent Condolences is his second collection of poems. As a series

of lyrical reports from the front line of persecution and statelessness they

witness an extraordinary power to survive and resist.

Co-hosted by New International Bookshop, Trades Hall and Palaver Books.

The Unsent Condolences is published by Palaver Books — www.palaver.com

Copies will be on sale at the launch. Refreshments provided.
THE LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE ON WURUNDJERI WOI-WURRUNG LANDS OF THE EASTERN KULIN NATIONS