Peter Carey

Peter Carey is one of this country’s best-loved and most internationally recognised authors. He has won or been shortlisted for every major literary prize in Australia. His novel A True History of the Kelly Gang won both the Man Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His most recent book is Parrot and Olivier in America, which has just been longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

Here, he discusses literary fame and fortune, from Bacchus Marsh to New York.

Presenters

Peter Carey

Peter Carey is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers with 11 novels including True History of the Kelly Gang and Bliss, which was recently adapted into a critically acclaimed opera.

Louise Swinn

Louise Swinn is a publisher of new and emerging authors with Sleepers Publishing, looking after their critically acclaimed annual collection of short stories, The Sleepers Almanac.