Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Tuesday 03 May
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Following international acclaim for her novels and their award-winning TV adaptations, Australian star Liane Moriarty returns to Melbourne to discuss her latest novel, Apples Never Fall.
Moriarty’s nine internationally bestselling novels include Truly Madly Guilty, Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers – the latter two of which have produced critically celebrated television adaptations starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon.
In her latest work, Apples Never Fall, Moriarty imbues a family saga with the atmosphere of a tense mystery thriller as she follows the Delaneys, an enviably contented family whose seemingly rosy lives are upended when their matriarch goes missing months before her 70th birthday.
Join Liane Moriarty and host Toni Jordan, with an introduction from novelist and RMIT University lecturer Michelle Aung Thin, as they discuss Apples Never Fall, its themes of unfulfilled promise, and Moriarty’s ongoing global success.
Presented in partnership with RMIT Culture
The bookseller for this event is Readings
This event was originally scheduled for 6.30pm, Tuesday 1 March. It will now take place on Tuesday 3 May, 6.30pm. Tickets purchased for 1 March are still valid for this new date, but if you are no longer able to attend, please contact ticketing@wheelercentre.com to organise a refund.
Featuring
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of seven internationally bestselling novels, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot,The Hypnotist's Love Story and the number 1 New York Times bestsellers The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty. Her books have sold over fourteen million copies worldwide, including two million in Australia and New Zealand.
Film rights to What Alice Forgot have been pre-empted by Sony TriStar with Jennifer Aniston starring as Alice.
The Husband's Secret was a number one UK bestseller, an Amazon Best Book of 2013 and has been translated into over 40 languages. CBS Films has acquired the film rights with Blake Lively attached as lead actor and executive producer.
With Big Little Lies, Liane became the first Australian author to have a novel debut at number one on the New York Times bestseller list and it has been adapted for television by Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon who also star in the series, scripted by David E Kelley. The HBO series of Big Little Lies screened in the first half of 2017 and was nominated for sixteen, and won five, Emmy Awards, including 'Outstanding Limited Series' and 'Outstanding Lead Actress' for Nicole Kidman's role as Celeste.
Truly Madly Guilty also debuted at number one in its first week of publication on the New York Times bestseller list and both Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty were number one bestsellers in Australia. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon have also optioned the film rights to Truly Madly Guilty.
Liane has also written a children's book series, Nicola Berry and the Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella, Nicola Berry and the Shocking Trouble on the Planet of Shobble and Nicola Berry and the Wicked War on the Planet of Whimsy.
Liane lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter.
Toni Jordan
Toni Jordan is the author of six novels including the international best-seller Addition, Nine Days, which was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards, and Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (2016), which was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award and for the Voss Literary Award. Toni holds a bachelor of science and a PhD in creative arts. Her most recent novel is Dinner with the Schnabels (2022).
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