In Conversation: Dame Quentin Bryce
MC: Bryce Corbett
ABOUT THE SHOW
Join us for the official Queensland launch of Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography – a rare opportunity to hear from Australia’s first female Governor-General and former Governor of Queensland, Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO, in conversation with Queensland’s first female Premier, the Honourable Anna Bligh AC.
Together, they’ll reflect on growing up in the Sunshine State, the impact of feminism, and the power of enduring friendship. You’ll also hear from author Juliet Rieden, who will share insights into researching and writing Dame Quentin’s remarkable life story.
The event will be moderated by journalist and Director of The Squiz, Bryce Corbett. It will also feature a special guest performance by multi-ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan, followed by a book signing with Dame Quentin.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
DAME QUENTIN BRYCE
When Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia’s first female governor-general in 2008, she made history. It was one of many firsts in a singular career dedicated to reform and serving community.
Her early childhood in a western Queensland bush town shaped her sense of self and her destiny. Young Quentin dreamed of changing the world and then set out to do it. She was the first from her school to go to university and among the first women admitted to the Queensland Bar. In revolutionary times her advocacy for human rights – especially for women, children and Indigenous Australians – underpinned her every role which included teaching in the male-dominated university law faculty, federal sex discrimination commissioner, CEO and Chair of the National Childcare Accreditation Council, Principal of Sydney’s Women’s College, governor of Queensland and Australia’s governor-general.
Mother of five and grandmother to twelve, it is her partnership with soulmate Michael Bryce and the love of family, enduring friendships and belief in community that have sustained her. Her passion for the arts and elemental connection to Australia’s ancient landscape feeds her soul.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Juliet Rieden is an author, journalist, magazine editor, royal correspondent and book reviewer. Her previous books include The Writing on the Wall, a personal investigation into Juliet’s family’s fate in the Holocaust; Rising Heart, the memoir of Sierra Leonean kidnap survivor Aminata Conteh-Biger; and The Royals in Australia.
Juliet spent more than two years researching and writing Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography, involving 120 exclusive interviews covering every aspect of Dame Quentin’s life.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
DAME QUENTIN BRYCE
When Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia’s first female governor-general in 2008, she made history. It was one of many firsts in a singular career dedicated to reform and serving community.
Her early childhood in a western Queensland bush town shaped her sense of self and her destiny. Young Quentin dreamed of changing the world and then set out to do it. She was the first from her school to go to university and among the first women admitted to the Queensland Bar. In revolutionary times her advocacy for human rights – especially for women, children and Indigenous Australians – underpinned her every role which included teaching in the male-dominated university law faculty, federal sex discrimination commissioner, CEO and Chair of the National Childcare Accreditation Council, Principal of Sydney’s Women’s College, governor of Queensland and Australia’s governor-general.
Mother of five and grandmother to twelve, it is her partnership with soulmate Michael Bryce and the love of family, enduring friendships and belief in community that have sustained her. Her passion for the arts and elemental connection to Australia’s ancient landscape feeds her soul.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Juliet Rieden is an author, journalist, magazine editor, royal correspondent and book reviewer. Her previous books include The Writing on the Wall, a personal investigation into Juliet’s family’s fate in the Holocaust; Rising Heart, the memoir of Sierra Leonean kidnap survivor Aminata Conteh-Biger; and The Royals in Australia.
Juliet spent more than two years researching and writing Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography, involving 120 exclusive interviews covering every aspect of Dame Quentin’s life.
