Writer’s quest for a down to earth story

A SOCIAL anthropologist from Melbourne has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Mildura Writers Festival residency program. Melinda Hinkson’s winning proposal — Nourishing futures in the Mallee-Millewa — will explore the intergenerational experience of work and life in and beyond Mildura’s irrigation belt through the eyes, bodily experiences, and memories of primary producers. […]