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Writing with Worms with Sofija Stefanovic and Liam Pieper

Season 5, Ep. 15
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Liam Pieper and Sofija Stefanovic are old friends who went to high school together. They've since both gone on to write moving and funny memoirs about their childhoods. Sofija wrote about being an immigrant kid in Australia during the dissolution of Yugoslavia, while Liam used his teenage experience of selling pot around the suburbs of Melbourne from the back of his pushbike to tell a story of family, addiction and learning how to live with yourself. And now they tackle the quiz together to promote the Melbourne Writers Festival.


Go see Sofija talk with Prize-winning writers Siang Lu (Ghost Cities) and Laura Jean McKay (Gunflower) 

https://mwf.com.au/program/ghost-cities-and-ghost-futures#


Go see Liam in conversation with Bri Lee about their new books about the Australian art world:

https://mwf.com.au/program/real-pieces-of-work


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