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Old Norse Women with Lisa Bennett

Join us for the first session of the Library’s Book Club series for 2026, featuring Flinders University writers and designed to support wellbeing through the joy of leisure reading.

This series creates a relaxed and welcoming space for staff and students to connect, share ideas and explore reading for enjoyment.

Each session includes:

• curated reading lists
• guided discussion led by academic staff
• light refreshments and small giveaways

This April, join Flinders University writer and academic Lisa Bennett for a discussion exploring Old Norse Women.

From myth and saga to contemporary retellings and screen adaptations, this session will consider how Viking women have been represented, imagined and reinterpreted across literature and popular culture.

📚 Bring along a book, character or story that features a Viking or “shieldmaiden”-type figure or simply come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

🌱 This event is supported by the Wellbeing and Campus Activation Project, which funds initiatives that foster wellbeing, inclusion, connection and a vibrant campus culture at Flinders University.

Event details

📅 Date: 30 April

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Central Library, Level 1
🎟 Register here: Eventbrite

👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

About the speaker

Associate Professor Lisa Bennett is a literary scholar at Flinders University whose work explores gender, narrative and cultural representation across literature and popular culture. She specialises in the Viking Age, as well as genre fiction and creative practice.

She is the author of Viking Women: Life and Lore and the forthcoming Yet She Lives: Fierce and Fantastical Women of Norse Mythology (2026), a vivid retelling of the epic lives of mythological Norse women.

Lisa is also the co-author of Story Thinking and the Real-world Applications of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing and, writing as Lisa L. Hannett, is an award-winning author of multiple short story collections, a novel, and over 80 speculative fiction works.

Book Club Series | Short Stories, Big Impact

About this event

Led by Flinders writer and academic Marina Deller, join us for the Book Club’s first city‑based session exploring short stories and the art of small narratives.

About this event

Short fiction invites us into a moment, a voice, a feeling, and often leaves us thinking long after we’ve finished. From flash fiction to contemporary collections, we’ll explore how writers create depth, tension and connection in just a few pages.

📚 Bring along a short story or collection you’ve enjoyed, even just one that has stayed with you, or come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

About the Book Club Series

Supported by the University’s Thriving at Flinders program, the Library’s 2026 Book Club series is all about connection, wellbeing and the joy of leisure reading. Featuring Flinders University writers, it offers a relaxed space for staff and students to come together and share ideas.

Each session includes:

• Curated reading lists
• Guided discussion led by academic staff
• Light refreshments and small giveaways

👥 Open to staff and students.

📌 Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

About the speaker

Marina Deller is a writer, academic and critic at Flinders University, working on Kaurna Country.

Their work explores identity, grief, memory and storytelling across forms including essays, short stories, poetry and hybrid works. Marina’s writing has been published widely, including in The Conversation, Westerly, Voiceworks, Archer and InDaily.

They are an award-winning teacher of Writing and Literature and an active contributor to the Life Narrative Lab, where they curate and lead reading events that centre contemporary storytelling.

Event details

📅 Date: Tuesday, 11 August

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Flinders City Campus, Welcome Hub (Level 1), Adelaide CBD
👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Eventbrite tickets here.