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This wide-ranging collection of interviews by Samela Harris celebrates and reflects on the first 50 years of Adelaide Festival Centre. Built on the banks of the Torrens and located on Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide Festival Centre has grown and evolved over the last half-century, while continuing to maintain its position as the city's 'heart of the arts'. Those included in this collection are just some of the significant people that have helped shape the iconic centre, and their memories and recollections are brought to life between the pages of this stunning book. From the early vision of Don Dunstan, to the many thriving festivals AFC now hosts, this is an engaging look back on an important period in Adelaide's cultural history.

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Samela Harris was born in Adelaide. She worked as a journalist in London and Edinburgh, pausing to marry, bear two sons and spend five years as an organic market gardener in lush Surrey, England. It was there that her interest in hearty home cookery developed. Returning to Australia as a supporting mother, Samela made bountiful shoestring budget meals the core of a secure environment for her sons. She worked at the Adelaide Advertiser as a features writer, critic and Internet writer. Samela is the daughter of Australian poet and social commentator, the late Max Harris.

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