Journalist Jenny Valentish is best known for her deep dives into the human psyche. Her new book, The Introvert's Guide to Leaving the House, is a more introspective successor to Everything Harder Than Everyone Else, which explored the fine line between hedonism and endurance, and her mea culpa memoir Woman of Substances, which was nominated for a Walkley. She writes for The Guardian, the ABC and The Age, and has pressure-tested the wellness industry with her podcast Spirit Levels.
Saturday 18 October
9.30am
Adventurous journalists Brigid Delaney, bestselling author of Wellmania and Reasons Not to Worry, and Jenny Valentish, acclaimed author of Woman of Substances and Everything Harder Than Everyone Else, will canvas how existential dilemmas have stimulated some of their wildest escapades.
As they discuss their latest books — Brigid’s book on Stoicism, The Seeker and The Sage, and reformed sociophobe Jenny’s The Introvert's Guide to Leaving the House — they’ll reveal the hard lessons and fraught truths that have made them two of Australia’s most compelling writers. With Tracee Hutchison.
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1pm (bar from 12.30)
Over the course of 150 fights and 349 stitches, Muay Thai fighter, kickboxer and boxer John Wayne ‘The Gunslinger’ Parr won ten world titles, including the prestigious WMC World Title and an Australian middleweight boxing title. With co-writer Jarrod Boyle, Parr will discuss the book that details the triumphs and trials of his brilliant, brutal career. With Jenny Valentish.
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