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2016 The Island Will Sink by Briohny Doyle: Official Launch

Join The Lifted Brow and Briohny Doyle for the Brisbane launch of her novel  The Island Will Sink. Celebrated local author Ellen van Neerven will officially launch the book, and will also host a Q&A; with Briohny. 

The drinks are on us, the book can be purchased on the night and it’s free to attend – but book in to reserve your spot before places run out.

The Island Will Sink reveals an eerily familiar future, one where EcoLaw is enforced by insidious cartoon panda bears and their armies of viral-marketing children. With this gripping postmodern novel in the vein of Michel Houellebecq and Phillip K. Dick, Briohny Doyle gives us a glimpse of a grave new world we all might soon face. 

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Fri 9 Sep 2016

Duration 1 hour

The Parlour, State Library of Queensland

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Briohny Doyle

Briohny Doyle

https://twitter.com/BriohnyDoyle

Briohny Doyle is a Melbourne-based writer and academic. Her debut novel, The Island Will Sink, is the first book published by The Lifted Brow. Briohny’s work has also appeared in Overland, Going Down Swinging and Meanjin, and she has performed her work at the Sydney Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Her first book of non-fiction,Adult Fantasy (Scribe, 2017), will explore the cultural underpinnings of adulthood. She loves dogs and all things apocalypse.

Ellen van Neerven

Ellen van Neerven

https://twitter.com/EllenvanNeerven

Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali and Dutch heritage. Her first book, Heat and Light (UQP, 2014), was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award, and the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing. It was also shortlisted for The Stella Prize and the Readings Prize. Comfort Food is her first collection of poetry.

The Parlour, State Library of Queensland

Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia

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