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Over an intimate two-course dinner in The Restaurant at Montalto, broadcaster and social policy expert Jamila Rizvi and comedian and podcaster Rosie Waterland come together for a candid discussion about their deeply personal new book, Broken Brains.
Drawing from their own experiences, Rizvi and Waterland will reflect on their journeys with illness – Rizvi's rare brain tumour diagnosis and Waterland’s ongoing mental trauma from childhood abuse – and explore the unexpected ways these struggles intersect. Through a rare blend of humour and honesty, they offer solidarity and invaluable insights for anyone who has faced illness or cared for someone who has.
Join us for this special opportunity to hear from two women who have navigated their own battles and now wish to share the hope, healing and perspective they’ve gained along the way.
Jamila Rizvi is a broadcaster, public speaker and social policy expert, as well as the bestselling author of Not Just Lucky and The Motherhood. As deputy managing director of Future Women, Jamila champions women’s economic security and gender equity in Australian workplaces. She has been named one of Culture Amp’s 25 Emerging Global Culture Creators, included in the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence and won the Women and Leadership Australia Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership in 2020. At age 31, Jamila was diagnosed with a rare type of recurrent brain tumour, and now lives with complex disabilities due to acquired brain injury.
Rosie Waterland is an author, comedian, podcaster and public speaker, but mostly calls herself a writer. Her first two books, The Anti Cool Girl and Every Lie I’ve Ever Told, were critically acclaimed, national bestsellers. Her podcasts ‘Mum Says My Memoir is a Lie’ and ‘Just the Gist’ have over 20 million combined downloads, earning her an Australian Commercial Radio Award and Australian Podcast Award. She had written for various television projects and nationally toured three one-woman shows. Rosie has spent much of her adult years dealing with the debilitating symptoms of trauma caused by prolonged exposure to abuse and toxic stress in her childhood.
Tracee Hutchison is trailblazing Australian broadcaster, journalist, filmmaker, television producer, author and creative industries leader, with a career spanning 40 years at the highest levels in Australian and international radio and television.
Tracee's career began at the ABC's youth station, TripleJ, and includes high profile roles at ABC TV 7.30 Report, ABC NewsRadio, Radio Australia, iconic community radio station 3RRR.FM and more recently as Music Director and host of FIERCEon Broad Radio. She’s written extensively on politics, the environment and social justice issues as a columnist for The Saturday Age and is renowned for her leadership and advocacy on gender equality, social justice and environmental issues over many decades. Her interview subjects include prime ministers, rock stars, film stars, sports stars, community leaders and social justice champions.
Tracee has served on the Board of 3RRR.FM, Music Victoria and is currently Chair of the peak music environmental organisation, Green Music Australia.
