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Deborah Cassrels on Gods and Demons

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Waverley Library
Waverley Library
Ron Lander Centre, 32-48 Denison Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
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Tuesday 13 October 2020 from 6:30pm to 7:15pm

Waverley Library welcomes you to listen to Journalist and Author Deborah Cassrels as she discusses her new book Gods and Demons.

In 2006, journalist Deborah Cassrels embarked on a personal odyssey to the Indonesian island of Bali. She was quickly enchanted by everything that most tourists find – its beauty, easy lifestyle, exotic culture, stunning beaches and striking landscapes.

Three years later she moved there and became_ The Australian’s _first Bali-based correspondent, covering events throughout Indonesia. Peeling back the tourist veneer, Cassrels soon found herself caught up in a tapestry of beauty, mystery, power, corruption and violence.

From the newly jailed, reeling Bali Nine drug gang and the gruesome executions of their condemned bosses, to stories of shackled people, infamous terrorists, powerful tycoons and lavish royal celebrations, Cassrels reveals a hidden side to the mystical Hindu paradise and vast Indonesian archipelago in which all is not as it seems.

About the author

Deborah Cassrels has been a journalist for over 40 years. She has been based in Bali since 2009, and has written extensively for The Australian newspaper on refugees, politics, terrorism, crime and the Bali Nine Australian drug smugglers, among other issues. She covered the 2015 executions of the two Bali Nine ringleaders and was a finalist for the Walkley Freelance Awards in 2016 for her work on terrorism in Indonesia.

Previously a features writer at The Weekend Australian Magazine, she contributes to The Times of London, The Guardian and SBS. Her work has also appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review.

Your zoom ticket will be emailed to you from Waverley library's email, 2 hours before the talk starts.

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