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SUMMARY:AWM Author talk: Will Davies
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our author talks series in the AWM theatre\, bringing together some of Australia’s leading voices to talk about their new books. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n  \n \n  \nWhen: Wednesday\, 21 October \nWhere: Theatre\, Australian War Memorial \nTime: 12.30 pm (doors open 12.10 pm) \nIn January 1917\, a young Bathurst boy\, Edward Lynch\, found himself in the freezing battlefield at Gueudecourt near Pozieres. Somehow\, he survived\, returned home in 1919 and in the late 1920s\, wrote Somme Mud\, a brutal yet humorous fictionalised account of his experiences that has become an Australian classic. \nWill Davies will talk about Private Lynch’s war and how his lost manuscript came to light\, was edited and published in 2006 and is now republished in its original\, unabridged form. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the author\nAfter graduating from the ANU in 1971\, Will Davies spent the next 37 years as a documentary film producer with his company Look Films\, producing non-fiction programmes for the ABC and SBS in Australia. He retired in 2010 and by 2025\, had eleven books published and more near completion. \nHe was a member of the NSW Centenary of Anzac Advisory Council\, led battlefield tours to Gallipoli and the Western Front and was awarded a PhD from the ANU in 2018. \n\nParking and access\nFree visitor parking is available in the P1 carpark.& \nTaxi\, rideshare\, or private drop offs are located in the underground P1 Visitor Carpark with access via Fairbairn Avenue. \nAccessibility\nWheelchair and Carers seating \nThere is reserved wheelchair accessible seating available in Seats 1\, 2\, 3\, 21\, 22 of Row L with carers seats adjacent. \n  \nThis Author Talk series presents a range of perspectives. Speakers’ views are their own. \n 
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/awm-author-talk-will-davies/
LOCATION:The Australian War Memorial\, Fairbairn Avenue\, Campbell\, ACT\, 2612\, Australia
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