Bookworms and thinkers, assemble! It’s our very favourite time of the year … it’s BWF eve. We can’t wait to welcome you for a city-wide conversation as we kick off Brisbane Writers Festival tomorrow with some Word Play fun! Bookings are coming in thick and fast for sessions on this year’s Main Festival program, but there is still plenty of opportunity for you to join our…
Among our most popular BWF sessions this year are Alexei Sayle’s Thatcher Stole My Trousers and Richard Fidler’s Talking Turkey. But don’t despair! You can still get your LOLs on with the Liverpudlian funnyman – some tickets remain for Big Politics, Small Politics and Everything I Know, I Learnt from Television.You can also see master storyteller Richard Fidler in action on…
When the writing community looks back on the literary gems of 2016, it’s entirely possible that we’ll talk about it as the year that Australian readers fell in love with the novella. Nick Earls’ Wisdom Tree, a series of five novellas that explore contemporary urban life in five cities around the world, has readers and critics alike singing the praises of these elegant and expertly crafted stories. With each…
Suzy Wilson opened Riverbend Books in Bulimba in 1998. It has since become one of Australia’s leading independent bookstores, winning the Queensland Bookshop of the Year eight times. Suzy also started the Indigenous Literary Foundation in 2004. She’s been named a Local Hero in the Australia Day Awards, and last year she won the Johnno Prize, which recognises the contribution of an exceptional individual or group…
We’ve asked our friends in the know to share their top five picks at this year’s Festival. This week Fiona Stager from Avid Reader bookshop to shared her selection.
