Kate Mildenhall – The Hummingbird Effect

Although this extract is set in the meat works in Fitzroy in the 1923 this book spans across centuries and different characters. It covers four main characters in very different situations going from 1923 to 2020 to 2031, from an  elderly woman in a care home to an unemployed singer. The link between all the characters is labour. It finishes in 2081 with Maz and Onyx, two sisters in a post dystopian world.

The Read

The Interview

Recorded at Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2024