Please join us for a chat with author Christopher Williams at our Wauchope Library on Tuesday 17th February at 11.00am.
Christopher developed his passion for creative writing in 2020 when he joined a speculative fiction group in Newcastle. His first story about an autistic boy who lost his mum was published in 2021. He’s published poems in competitions, and self-published his latest novel in October 2025.
THE FORMULA OF MEMORY
Two people. Three countries, One unspeakable crime.
1982. The AIDS epidemic dominates the world’s attention. Cruise missiles in West Germany point at the Russians. The Chernobyl nuclear power station is ready to explode. In northern NSW, A German woman lies at the foot of Wollumbin/Mt Warning. Who will find her? The Formula of Memory explores themes of love, friendship, betrayal, and genocide. Two lovers, Daniel and Renate, search for the truth about the past. Will they find the answers in the ashes of Auschwitz?
COMPETITION from Christopher …
1. Type in wordwheelswrites.com
2. Click on latest blog titled: “New Year and the politics of Writing”
3. Scroll down half way to the image of a girl staring at a robot’s face.
The details of the competition are below and directly above the poem titled “Amnesia on Australia Day”
All I need to know is “What type of poem is this?”
