In this special recording from the Opening Night of the 2026 Melbourne Writers Festival, Maria Reva reads from her debut novel Endling. Drawing on lived experience and real events, this excerpt reflects on the surreal, frustrating and loaded experience of war from a distance, as diaspora. 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2026.

 

In this special recording from the Opening Night of the 2026 Melbourne Writers Festival, Maria Reva reads from her debut novel <a href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780349012742/endling--maria-reva--2026--9780349012742">Endling</a>. Drawing on lived experience and real events, this excerpt reflects on the surreal, frustrating and loaded experience of war from a distance, as diaspora.&nbsp;
Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2026.
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