Susanne Gervay, Author at FemAsia Magazine

Susanne Gervay

You will find Susanne planting 3000 mangroves in Kiribati fighting climate change; in Istanbul advocating against bullying through I Am Jack; addressing the World Burn Conference, New York on her novel Butterflies; in Goa launching the Indian-Australian anthologies featuring her short stories alongside Sir Salman Rushdie; speaking on International Women’s Day about feminism and Shadows of Olive Trees. An acclaimed author and literacy ambassador, she has been awarded an Order of Australia and Lifetime Social Justice Literature Award by International Literacy Association.

Empowerment

A Feminist Perspective – What Makes an Author?

In between work and raising the kids, I tried to be a loving wife. My husband didn’t want me anymore. Late at night, I escaped into writing. At bedtime, I’d read to my children, as they were the stars of all

by Susanne Gervay

Politics & Culture

From the Personal to the Universal: The Second Rise of Feminism

My days at university were filled with the evolving rights for women – the first test-tube baby, the pill, first women’s refuge, brave new feminist literature including ‘The Female Eunuch’, gender equality, the first International Women’s Day. When I wrote ‘Shadows of

by Susanne Gervay

Fictional Arts·Literature

What Inspires Writers – A Stately Pleasure Dome Decree

My bookshelves are stacked with journals, children’s books, histories, dictionaries, novels, travel guides, philosophy and the thousands of books I read in my youth and continue reading today. I pull out Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy. I was

by Susanne Gervay

Suggestions

Susanne Gervay

A Feminist Perspective – What Makes an Author?

From the Personal to the Universal: The Second Rise of Feminism

What Inspires Writers – A Stately Pleasure Dome Decree