PUBLIC LECTURE: Skywest Public Lecture

Robinson Crusoe, Defoe's novel about the castaway who establishes a miniature empire in an island wilderness, is still read and quoted today. This lecture will be a personal view of stories of seafaring taken from life and literature. Brenda Walker is Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. She has written four novels and her most recent book, 'Reading by Moonlight,' completed after cancer treatment, describes both physical recovery and the inner healing that occurs when we read.