Australian Red Cross Book Group: Andrew Quilty
Online
Please note: This is an online event.
Please join us for another session of the Readings / Australian Red Cross book club on the laws and impact of war.
In this session we are joined by Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty to discuss his book August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan.
August in Kabul is the story of how America's longest mission came to an abrupt end, told through the eyes of Afghans whose lives have been turned upside down: a young woman who harbours dreams of a university education; a presidential staffer who works desperately to hold things together as the government collapses around him; a prisoner in the notorious Bagram Prison who suddenly finds himself free when prison guards abandon their post. Andrew Quilty was one of a handful of Western journalists who stayed in Kabul as the city fell. This is his first-hand account of those dramatic final days.
Andrew Quilty is the recipient of nine Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, for his work on Afghanistan, where he has been based since 2013. He has also received the George Polk Award, the World Press Photo Award and the Overseas Press Club of America award for his investigation into massacres committed by a CIA-backed Afghan militia. August in Kabul is his first book.
This event is free to attend but bookings are essential.
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