Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 16 March
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Location
wheelercentre.com
Please note that this event will now be online only. You can tune in to the live-stream below from 6.15pm.
Two prolific Australian writers have recently published new works of fiction. Here Until August is Josephine Rowe’s collection of short stories; Liam Pieper’s latest novel is Sweetness and Light.
Rowe and Pieper have shared roots – in Melbourne’s writing community, and as Voiceworks editorial committee alumni. In recent years, both have enjoyed successful, critically-celebrated careers as authors. Rowe’s work has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice; her essays and stories have been published widely. Pieper’s memoir was shortlisted for the National Biography Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award, and his debut novel received the Christina Stead Fiction Award.
Their latest books separately explore disquiet and uncertainty, the intoxicating effect of new surroundings, and characters suspended between choice and fate. In conversation for Double Booked Club, join Josephine Rowe and Liam Pieper for a chat about their recent books, their backlist titles, and the processes of writing, reading and storycraft.
Want to prepare? Ahead of the event, you can read a short story, 'Anything Remarkable', from Here Until August by Josephine Rowe (courtesy Black Inc.) and an extract from Sweetness and Light by Liam Pieper (courtesy Penguin Random House). We'll share these here closer to the date of the event.
Watch and participate from wherever you are – the event will be live-streamed on this page.
Featuring
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott’s first novel The Adversary was shortlisted for a Queensland Literary Award and the ALS Gold Medal; his second novel, Shirley, will be published in February. He teaches Creative Writing at RMIT.
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Josephine Rowe
Josephine Rowe was born in 1984 in Rockhampton and raised in Melbourne. Her novel, A Loving, Faithful Animal, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice and led to her being named a 2017 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist. Her work has appeared widely in Australia and overseas, including in McSweeney’s, Best Australian Stories, Meanjin, the Paris Review Daily and Freeman’s. The winner of the 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, Rowe has held fellowships with the University of Iowa, Stanford University, the Omi International Arts Center and Yaddo.
Liam Pieper
Liam Pieper is an author and journalist. His first book was a memoir, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, shortlisted for the National Biography Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award. His second was the Penguin Special Mistakes Were Made, a volume of humorous essays. He was co-recipient of the 2014 M Literary Award, winner of the 2015 Geoff Dean Short Story Prize and the inaugural creative resident of the UNESCO City of Literature of Prague. His first novel, The Toymaker, received the 2016 Christina Stead Fiction Award from the Fellowship of Australian Writers.