In Conversation with Gillian O’Shaughnessy | Things I Cannot Say Book Launch

Join us to celebrate the release of Geraldine Mellet’s debut novel. Things I Cannot Say is a wry, clever and ultimately uplifting novel about a young woman, newly paralysed and voiceless, who must find a way to save the day.

Geraldine has a long history as a journalist and advocate for disability rights. In addition to a twenty-five-year career at the ABC, she co-wrote Whose Hand is This about the stroke that changed the lives of nurse Rosalie Leaney and her husband Gordon. Geraldine also worked as an advocate for the Every Australian Counts Campaign to get the NDIS legislated and coordinated and filmed ‘The Lives We Lead’, a social media campaign showcasing the worklives of West Australians with disability. She can still be heard on ABC radio in her hometown of Perth.

For this launch event, Geraldine will be interviewed by writer, journalist and former ABC broadcaster Gillian O’Shaughnessy.

Savage, brilliant and funny – Tracey Read is one of the most alive characters I’ve come across in recent contemporary literature. Things I Cannot Say is original and thrilling. ‘ Kathryn Heyman, author of Circle of Wonders

‘I loved this beautiful book, imbued as it is with heartache and humour, sharpness and wit, tragedy and hope.’ Suzanne Leal, author of The Watchful Wife

‘This utterly compelling story and its cast of memorable characters stole my life for several days and I marvelled afterwards at what had been achieved and how I had been changed.’ Carrie Cox, author of Storylines