When Charmian Clift died in 1969 she was working on an autobiographical novel titled The End of the Morning, set in her childhood home of North Kiama and describing the childhood of her alter ego, Cressida Morley. Described by the author as ‘the owl on my shoulder’, Clift had been working on this all her life. The people and place of Kiama had also inspired the novels High Valley and Walk to the Paradise Gardens, and featured in a number of the author’s essays.

In this talk, Nadia Wheatley will discuss the significance of The End of the Morning as a source for her award-winning biography, The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift. A power-point presentation will evoke the landscape of the novel, and of Clift’s early life.

Local Kiama people will be invited to join the discussion of Charmian Clift’s place.

This is a Friends of Kiama Library and Kiama & District Historical Society joint event.

Please join us for afternoon tea after the talk.

$8 FOKL/KDHS members/ $10 guests (includes afternoon tea). Everyone welcome.

Tickets go on sale 1 May and will be available at the library, online. https://library.kiama.nsw.gov.au/Events/Adults-events/Nadia-Wheatley-The-End-of-the-Morning-by-Charmian-Clift  or call 02 4233 1133.

Kiama Library, 7 Railway Parade, Kiama NSW 2533