Join us to celebrate the launch of Grace Yee's Joss: A History, the multi-award-winning poet’s follow-up to Chinese Fish, a collection that received the Victorian Prize for Literature and the VPLA for Poetry in 2024.

The book will be launched by Nadia Rhook and Alison Wong, with the event hosted by Tim Loveday and featuring readings by Grace Yee, Ender Baskan, Shu-ling Chua, and Xiaole Zhan.

In the White Hills Cemetery in Bendigo the remains of more than a thousand 'chinamen' lie interred, many in unmarked graves. Most were from the Canton region in south China. Joss: A History is inspired by the lived experiences of these early settlers, and their compatriots and descendants across Victoria and NSW, and Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a hybrid work of poetry and history.

Free, but bookings are essential.