Jason Steger has had a varied career in journalism, beginning in the UK as a football reporter before working as the electrics editor on a DIY magazine, and subsequently The Financial Times. He is a former books editor of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and now writes the papers' weekly book newsletter, The Booklist. He was a panellist on ABC TV's The Book Club for 11 years.
Friday 17 October
7.30pm
From Rhubarb to Jasper Jones, Honeybee to Runt—and its new, blockbuster sequel—Craig Silvey will share how he crafts genre-defying stories for his devoted readers, why he prefers being unshackled by category and convention, and where he sees his diabolical career taking him next. With Jason Steger.
buy ticketsStella Prize-winning author Heather Rose shares the inspiration behind her latest work, A Great Act of Love. Rose will explore the themes she grapples with across her stories; how strong, determined, unapologetic women fuel her fiction; and why the scope of merciless colonial history has provoked her new book. With Jason Steger.
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