Storyfest Festival Guide 2020

LITERARY LONG TABLE WITH LITERARY LONG TABL Elliot Perlman

FRIDAY 20 MARCH 6.00pm VENUE Towers Quad, Somerset College DRESS CODE Smart TICKETS $95.00 per person All inclusive RSVP Friday 13 March 2020 Limited seating available

Elliot Perlman’s Three Dollars won the Age Book of the Year Award, the Betty Trask Award (UK), the Fellowship of Australian Writers’ Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn-Rhys/Mail On Sunday Book of the Year Award (UK) as well as for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Elliot Perlman also co-wrote the screenplay for the film of Three Dollars , which received the Australian Film Critics’ Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as the AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The story, set in ‘80s and the ‘90s, deals with Thatcherism, Reaganomics, and the destructive effects of de-regulation and globalization. It examines these issues through the personal prism of his protagonist. Join this award-winning author as he shares details of his latest novel, “ Maybe the Horse will talk ” is, “warm, dramatic, and at times laugh-out-loud funny, with the narrative pull of a thriller; a reflection on contemporary marriage, and on friendship”. The novel examines sexual harassment in the workplace and corporate corruption. It is a book for our times, tapping directly into the pulse of current issues. Described as one of the “50 most important writers in the world” don’t delay in securing your tickets to our Literary Long Table!

We are a plastic water bottle free event. BYO bottle for free refills.

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