On tour: Reni Eddo-Lodge
Thursday, 27 July 2017
British journalist and activist Reni Eddo-Lodge is the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Bloomsbury) and will be one of the international guests at...
On tour: David George Haskell
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Biologist David George Haskell travelled the world to explore the biological networks of different trees for his book The Song of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Great Connectors (Nero). He is...
On tour: Ken Liu
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Writer and translator Ken Liu is at the forefront of bringing Chinese science-fiction to an English-language market, having translated the Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem (Liu Cixin) and edited...
On tour: Madeleine Thien
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Canadian author Madeleine Thien’s latest book Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Granta) chronicles the lives of a group of musicians in 20th-century China. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker...
On tour: Sebastian Barry
Friday, 20 January 2017
Irish author Sebastian Barry is a novelist, playwright and poet. His latest novel Days Without End (Faber), which won the Costa Novel of the Year, is the story of two American...
On tour: Kate Summerscale
Thursday, 27 October 2016
UK author Kate Summerscale’s latest book The Wicked Boy (Bloomsbury) is the true story of a Victorian-era juvenile murder case that echoes the ‘outrageous plots’ of a penny dreadful novel. She...
On tour: Janine di Giovanni
Thursday, 6 October 2016
US foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni’s latest book is The Morning They Came for Us (Bloomsbury), an account of the conflict in Syria. She will be touring Australia in February. ...
On tour: Justin Cronin
Thursday, 25 August 2016
US novelist Justin Cronin is the author of the apocalyptic vampire trilogy The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors (all Orion). Cronin will be appearing at the Melbourne...
On tour: Molly Crabapple
Thursday, 25 August 2016
US artist and writer Molly Crabapple is the author of the memoir Drawing Blood (HarperCollins). She is appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in...
On tour: A C Grayling
Thursday, 25 August 2016
British philosopher A C Grayling’s latest book The Challenge of Things (Bloomsbury) is a collection of his recent writings on war and conflict. He is touring various writers’ festivals around...
On tour: Lionel Shriver
Thursday, 28 July 2016
US author Lionel Shriver’s latest book, The Mandibles (HarperCollins), follows a family in the near future as they contend with the ruin of their fortunes in the aftermath of a...
On tour: Angela Flournoy
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Angela Flournoy’s The Turner House (Black Inc.) is a sprawling domestic drama that tells the story of Detroit through the generations of one family. She will be attending Melbourne Writers...
On tour: Chris Cleave
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Irish author Chris Cleave’s Everyone Brave is Forgiven (Sceptre) weaves a little-known segment of history during Blitz-torn London with a love story that draws on his grandparents’ courtship during in...
On tour: Lev Grossman
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Author of the ‘Magicians’ trilogy (Arrow) Lev Grossman is visiting the Melbourne Writers Festival and Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas in August and September. What would you put on a...
On tour: Meg Rosoff
Thursday, 30 June 2016
YA author Meg Rosoff will be appearing at Melbourne and Brisbane writers’ festivals in August and September to discuss her first novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed (Bloomsbury) What would you...
On tour: Anne Bishop
Thursday, 26 May 2016
US fantasy writer Anne Bishop is travelling to Sydney and Perth in June. Her latest book Marked in Flesh (Penguin US) is the fourth book in ‘The Others’ series. What...
On tour: Hanya Yanagihara
Friday, 29 April 2016
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your latest book? A fairytale about male romance set in someplace that feels a lot like New York City in a time...
On tour: Herman Koch
Friday, 29 April 2016
Dutch writer Herman Koch is the author of the satirical novel The Dinner (Text). His latest book Dear Mr M (Text) will be released in August. He is travelling to...
On tour: Maria V Snyder
Monday, 21 March 2016
US fantasy author Maria V Snyder is best known for her YA-crossover ‘Study’ series. Her latest book is Night Study (Harlequin). She will be travelling to the Gold Coast, Sydney...
On tour: Patrick deWitt
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Canadian author Patrick deWitt’s latest novel Undermajordomo Minor (Granta) is a black comedy of manners. He will be visiting the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February. What...
On tour: Muriel Barbery
Thursday, 25 February 2016
French author Muriel Barbery’s latest novel The Life of Elves (Text) is the story of two children whose amazing abilities ‘bring them into contact with magical worlds’. She will travel...
On tour: Patrick Gale
Thursday, 25 February 2016
British writer Patrick Gale’s latest book, A Place Called Winter (Tinder Press), follows the life of Edwardian gentleman Harry Cane as he is forced to relocate to the newly colonised...
On tour: Joanna Walsh
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
British writer Joanna Walsh has been published in Granta, the London Review of Books, and the Guardian. Her latest book Hotel (Bloomsbury) is a cultural study of hotels that is...
