ELTHAMbookshop , ELTHAM College and Picador in partnership with Montmorency

Asylum Seekers Group, Do Justice Group and Diamond Valley Oxfam

celebrate

NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS

Writing From Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani
Keynote speakers: Julian Burnside QC and author Arnold Zable

Since 2013, journalist Behrouz Boochani has been incarcerated as an Australian political prisoner in the
Manus Island offshore processing centre. This book is the result: an act of survival. A first-hand account.
A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of four years of incarceration. He holds a masters degree in geopolitics.
And is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist, scholar, cultural advocate, writer and filmmaker, founder of the
Kurdish language magazine Weya, an Honorary Member of PEN International.

Translator Dr Omid Tofighian is a lecturer, researcher and community advocate based at the American
University of Cairo and University of Sydney. His work combines philosophy with interests in rhetoric,
religion, popular culture, transnationalism, displacement and discrimination.

Date: August 16th Time : 6.30pm until 8.30pm

Venue: The Clark Auditorium, Eltham College, 1660 Main Road, Research
Entry: $45.00 per Single/Couple includes one copy of the book or one $30.00 gift voucher and light
refreshments. Free Entry for Eltham College students.
Prepaid, early bookings are essential: 9439 8700
“Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.”
– RICHARD FLANAGAN

This event is in partnership with Eltham College, Montmorency Asylum Seekers Support Group
and Do Justice Group St Margaret’s.