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Hazel Edwards to visit region

By Jaci Hicken

Feb 23, 2024

Shining a light: Hazel Edwards is keen to highlight the work of ‘quiet heroes’. Photo by Contributed

International Women’s Day matters to author Hazel Edwards.

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“Partly because there are a lot of quiet women in many areas, quiet heroes that nobody has ever heard about otherwise,” Ms Edwards said.

“And that is why, as a writer, I like to focus on the subject matter of some of my stories of interesting people who are perhaps modest and you’ve never heard about them otherwise.

“And that is what International Women’s Day should be about.

“I think the theme of this year is inclusion.

“And I am all with that because I think we should respect whatever rights or choices other women have made, never put them down, encourage them.”

Ms Edwards has just published a quirky memoir, Not Just a Piece of Cake, taking the reader behind her books and her intellectual and physical risk-taking as a long-term author with a family.

She is best known for the book There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake.

Ms Edwards will be one of two speakers on International Women’s Day, with the other being Echuca writer Karen Mills at Echuca Library on Friday, March 8 at 2pm.

Bookings are essential for this free event on 5481 2400.