Mon 26 Oct · 6:30pm
Hope St Radio · Collingwood
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Join us this month as we read Mariam Ba's 'So Long A Letter', hosted by Jamil Badi
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When is First Chapter: Mariam Ba?
Mon 26 Oct 2026, 6:30pm.
Where is it?
Hope St Radio, Collingwood, VIC.
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