Book launch

Struck Down: John Woodroffe in conversation with David Brill

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In 1972 John’s life was shattered when a woman fell on him from a fifth floor window on Oxford Street, London.

Five decades later, after a chance encounter with a friend rekindled interest in the incident, he set about solving the mystery surrounding the woman who fell. As the story unfolded, John unearthed information which led him to reflect on the contrasting paths of both their lives before and after the collision. The memoir revolves around family, love and tragedy. His passion for travel and cricket also creep into the narrative.

John Woodroffe was born in Campbell Town and he has lived in Tasmania all his life. He is well known as a former teacher and currently lives in Hobart with his artist wife Katy. They have travelled overseas extensively and in 2019 undertook a combined writing and art residency at the Circle of Misse in the Loire Valley in France where John began this memoir. He is participating in another writer’s residency in south west France in 2024 to continue his writing.

David Brill AM ACS is one of Australia’s most respected news and documentary cinematographers, renowned for his humanitarian approach to covering some of the most dangerous war zones and disasters. Mike Willesee, who worked with David Brill on Four Corners covering the Vietnam War in the 1970s, called him “the best cameraman of his era”.

John and David were school friends in the 1960s. Join them at the Afterword Cafe.