Join us as we release the new and updated edition of Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness by Sandy Jeffs.

Sandy was among the first to start speaking publicly about living with a mental illness, and much of her writing has been about her struggle to live a full life despite this, including in eight volumes of poetry. She is well-known as a community educator, speaking to doctors and psychiatrists, at community health centres, and educational institutions. She has been honoured in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women, Her Place Women’s Museum, and with an OAM in 2020.

Flying with Paper Wings offers privileged insights into madness – medical, social, personal – as well as disturbing reflections on its causes and its care. It is also a story of how poetry can become a personal saviour in the face of nearly irresistible forces. This edition is an updated edition based on the original text.

The book will be launched by Jackie Yowell, the editor who encouraged and guided Sandy through the process of writing this book.

This is a free online launch via ZOOM. Your ZOOM meeting details will be in your order confirmation from Try Booking. Register now.