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Dates & Times
Tuesday 04 March
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
The Edge, Fed Square
The Atrium Flinders Street Federation Square Melbourne Victoria 3000
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Elizabeth Gilbert is famous for her self-discovery memoir, Eat, Pray Love – the international bestseller that became a travel phenomenon, a Hollywood movie and an inspiration to women the world over.
But before she was a poster-girl for finding yourself through travel, she was a much-praised novelist and a National Book Award winner, with four books under her belt. Her first novel in 13 years, The Signature of All Things – a wildly imaginative literary page-turner – has met with a rapturous critical reception. The Guardian’s Elizabeth Day called it ‘quite simply one of the best novels I have read in years’.
The Signature of All Things tells the story of scientific trailblazer Alma Whittaker, a woman of the Enlightenment Age who stands defiantly on the cusp of the modern. Though her passion for botany and brilliant career are her driving force, she is disappointed in love. While Alma’s careful studies of moss take her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction.
Elizabeth Gilbert appears at the Frankston Arts Centre, in conversation with one of her closest friends, author and musician Rayya Elias, who will also perform songs from the soundtrack to her book Harley Loco. The following night sees Elizabeth in conversation with Caroline Baum at Federation Square, both unmissable opportunities to catch one of the world’s most popular writers.
Featuring
Caroline Baum
Caroline Baum is a respected journalist and presenter. She has worked for the BBC, ABC, Time Life Books, Vogue magazine (UK and Australia), was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine and the editorial director of Booktopia.
Caroline has been a judge of the Stella Prize and the Ned Kelly and Kibble Awards. She is in demand as a presenter at writers’ festivals across Australia and has interviewed many of the world's top international authors. Her writing has been published in major national publications and online media.
Caroline is a regular contributor to national media and her writing has appeared in two anthologies: My Mother My Father and Rebellious Daughters. She is the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015. Caroline lives on the South Coast of NSW.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her latest novel is The Signature of All Things.
Her short story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award, and her novel Stern Men was a New York Times notable book. In 2002, she published The Last American Man, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award.
She is best known for her 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love, which was published in over thirty languages and sold more than seven million copies worldwide. It was made into a film and released in 2010, with Julia Roberts starring as Gilbert.