10 Video Clips of a life highlight

When I’m even older and crustier than I am now, there’ll be times, I’m sure, when I sit in the garden and remember life highlights.

One of the memories I’ll return to often will be Tuesday 26 March, 2019, when 95 family members, friends, former colleagues and students came to the Wesley Music Centre in Canberra to help me celebrate the launch of The Worlds of Harriet Henderson.

 Since then a number of people - thank you to Cathy Shann, Hannah Wellman and Maddy Andrews - have sent me video of the speeches. Here, in bite-sized portions, is my collection of sections of the formal part of the evening.

1. Wendy Cave introduced me

ii. My welcome to the 95 friends & colleagues present

iii. Addressing the dark, unsettling, shadow side of the occasion

iv. Scapegoat A: CeCe

v. Scapegoat B: Jo

vi. Scapegoat 3: Readers & Supporters

vii. Scapegoat 4: Sol

viii. What now?

ix. A reading: The Prologue from ‘The Worlds of Harriet Henderson’

x. Concluding remarks, and an invitation to return in 4 years