The Tembusu (Fagraea fragrans) is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia. Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. It grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25m high. Its leaves are light green and oval in shape. Its yellowish flowers have a distinct fragrance and the fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by birds and fruit bats. Source: Tembusu, Wikipedia
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Jeremy Fernando in conversation with Adam Groves

17 Oct 2013 | 1:00 pm |
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Jeremy Fernando … in conversation with Adam Staley Groves

It’s hard to say whether a book has been understood or misunderstood. Because, after all, perhaps the person who wrote the book is the one who misunderstood it … (Michel Foucault)

To write is to scribble, to mark — An attempt to trace. But also, to cry, to tear, to open, wound — often erasing all traces. Which might well mean that one never quite knows if one has written, let alone what one has

Come join us on Thursday, 17th October, from 1-2pm when Adam Staley Groves attempts to read the writing of Jeremy Fernando.

Amongst other things, they will be speaking of, talking with each other about, poetry, reading, writing On Happiness … and love …

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