How can rituals help to shape times of grief into meaningful memories? Join author, deathwalker and interfaith minister Jackie Bailey as she talks with Mary Anne Butler about the art of eulogies, saying goodbye to loved ones, and finding faith in your own power to heal.

Jackie Bailey is a professional writer and researcher and a recognised international expert on cultural diversity in the arts. Jackie is also an ordained interfaith minister, trained deathwalker and practising funeral director. The Eulogy is her first novel.

Mary Anne Butler’s plays have won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Drama Award, a stage AWGIE and two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards.

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