Author talk: "Emboldened" with Belinda Alexandra

Come along to Brighton Library for a fabulous author talk with Belinda Alexandra.

Belinda is beloved for her bestselling historical fiction. In her new book Emboldened, an exquisite blend of memoir and historical non-fiction, she shares incredible stories of resilience from women in history. How do you begin your life again when you've lost everything? Belinda faced this question one freezing night when she ran from her home in terror, clutching only her wallet, her phone and her latest manuscript on a USB stick.

To pull herself up from rock bottom, Belinda drew strength from the real life women who inspired her historical fiction: her mother, Tatiana Morosoff, a White Russian who had fled a home more than once due to wars and revolutions; Virginia Hall, an American who lost her leg in an accident but went on to become one of the most revered Allied agents in World War II France; Carmen Amaya, who despite being born into abject poverty in Barcelona rose to become the greatest Flamenco dancer of all time; and Edna Walling, who lost her own dream home in a freak fire but created garden designs that made her one of Australia's most celebrated landscape designers.

Belinda shows it is always possible to build a bold life full of meaning from the ashes.