Guest Speaker – Alli Parker
June 3 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
Join us for a special evening with an amazing guest speaker – Alli Parker.
Alli Parker is a Japanese-Australian author and screenwriter who lives on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
Her debut novel At the Foot of the Cherry Tree is based on the true story of the first Japanese war bride to arrive in Australia, Cherry Parker, who is also Alli’s grandmother.
The book became an instant bestseller and was shortlisted for Dymocks Book of the Year and an ABIA Award for Best New Writer.
She has written episodes of Jack Irish, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business and Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries and worked in the script departments of Irreverent, Sunshine and Please Like Me.
We look forward and are excited to her from Alli .
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 3rd June, 2025
Or join via Zoom on link on home page
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro following the meeting.
