Keynote+Address+-+Peter+Holbrook

==== The 2011 State conference features a keynote address by Professor Peter Holbrook from the University of Queensland’s School of English, Media Studies and Art History, a Q & A style panel session, and a range of supporting workshops.

Professor Holbrook’s address is entitled “Literature, Literacy, the Imagination, Freedom”.

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 * Audience notes**:
 * To know what people have though or said or done we need to read the written down things that they recorded.  In the future we may be able to SEE such records of culture (rather than read them) - but to find out about the times prior to now, we have no choice but to READ their written works.
 * Opening a book offers a dangerous satisfaction with being alone with your own thoughts.  And thus, reading is somewhat of a radical act, as it encourages FREE thought.