Sarah Kendall

A Day in October centres on school, a bullied classmate and an event at a beach whose effects spread through the people around it. Kendall makes the relationship between memory and invention part of the story’s interest, rather than asking the audience to treat every detail as documentary fact. Start with the Australian Trilogy radio version for a compact introduction. The narrative rewards attention to what is disclosed and when, using humour to establish a world before its emotional meaning changes.