Get Up Stand Up Conference
Confirmed Speaker - Kate Holden
Inspirational Journey
Kate Holden is the author of In My Skin: A memoir (Text Publishing), about her years as a heroin addict and prostitute in Melbourne. First published in 2005 and re-issued in 2007, her best-selling memoir was shortlisted for awards in Australia, and has since been sold to the USA, the UK, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Brazil, France and Italy. It was part of the Books Alive Great Read promotion in 2006, and voted by readers one of the State Library of Victoria’s top 5 titles in ‘The Summer Read’ program in 2007. Kate and her family featured in an episode of Australian Story (ABC) in 2005. Kate is now a full-time writer of reviews, essays, short stories and a fortnightly column for The Age.
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