Due to health reasons, Jamila Rizvi: On Motherhood with Jessica Rudd and Laura Chalmers event scheduled to take place on Thursday 3 May has been cancelled. Brisbane Powerhouse, Penguin Random House and the participants, Jamila Rizvi, Jessica Rudd and Laura Chalmers, are looking into opportunities to reschedule the event to later in 2018 and will announce details when confirmed.  

Jamila Rizvi, Jessica Rudd and Laura Chalmers join Rebecca Levingston for a hilarious conversation navigating the turbulent waters of life with a newborn.

Celebrating the recent publication of The Motherhood (edited by Jamila), which features a collection of letters from some of Australia’s favourite women in a compassionate and deeply honest look at welcoming a new baby into their lives.

After her son was born, Jamila Rizvi felt isolated, exhausted and confused. While desperately in love with her new baby, the world she’d known had disappeared overnight and so had her sense of self.