Continue the conversation

Continue the Conversation

If you’d like to extend the conversation that Dying: A Memoir invites, there are a number of events coming up in Melbourne and Sydney exploring themes of death, dying, nature, and community connection.

Nature’s Place in Solace and Grief

Thursday 6 November – Merri Creek, Melbourne
Join the Merri Creek Management Committee and Annie Bolitho (author of Death, a love project) for Nature’s place in solace and grief. This is a time to be by the creek, to listen and be together without too much of an agenda, for anyone who may find solace in nature.
Find out more →

Death Café Conversations

Heard of the global Death Café movement? It creates welcoming spaces for conversations where death is part of everyday life – on the belief that having a bit of a chat about death makes for a more lively life.

• Saturday 9 November – Princes Hill Community Centre
  Hosted by Bonita Ralph.
  Book here →

• Tuesday 9 December – Coburg Library, Merri-bek
  Hosted by Dina Smirnova.
  Book here →

You can also explore upcoming gatherings and resources on the
Death Café Melbourne Facebook page →

Sydney Festival of Death and Dying

22–23 November – Sydney

This two-day festival features over 20 participatory workshops, performances, talks and ceremonies on different aspects of death and dying.
Explore the program →

Thanks to Dr Annie Bolitho for bringing experience as an educator in the end of life space to help create an opportunity for reflection, conversation and exchange on Dying: A Memoir. Annie is an artist and author of Artworking, honouring tremendous loss (2025) and Death, a love project (2019). Follow Annie on Instagram at @annieartworking.