Join us with Australian author Stephanie Bishop as she debuts her latest novel The Other Side of the World, in conversation with Boffins Fiction buyer Barbara Horgan.
Every now and then a new Australian writer emerges with exceptional talent, including Brooke Davis (Lost & Found), Hannah Kent (Burial Rites), and Favel Parrett (Past the Shallows and When the Night Comes) and we are delighted to host an event with Stephanie Bishop talking about her first novel The Other Side of the World... The reviews and hype about this beautifully crafted novel set in England and Perth have exalted that Stephanie is an Australian writer of the future.
Cambridge, 1963. Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes marriage and parenthood bring, with losing the time and the energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, wants things to be as they were and can't face the thought of another English winter. A brochure slipped through the letterbox slot brings him the answer: 'Australia brings out the best in you'. Despite wanting to stay in the place that she knows, Charlotte is too worn out to fight. Before she has a chance to realise what it will mean, she is travelling to the other side of the world. Arriving in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light on both Henry and Charlotte and slowly reveals that their new life is not the answer either was hoping for. Charlotte is left wondering if there is anywhere she belongs and how far she'll go to find her way home ...
Tickets cost $5 per person, redeemable off book purchases on the night. Don't miss this opportunity to meet Stephanie during her visit to Perth and have your book signed. Light refreshments will be provided.
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For more information contact Adelene on (08) 9321 5755 or email events@boffinsbookshop.com.au
About Stephanie Bishop
A stunning emerging Australian writer, Stephanie Bishop's first novel was THE SINGING, for which she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists. THE SINGING was also highly commended for the Kathleen Mitchell Award. This, her second novel, was recently shortlisted for the 2014 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award under the title DREAM ENGLAND.
Stephanie's fiction and poetry have appeared in Southerly, Overland and Island and she is a frequent contributor to The Times Literary Supplement, The Australian, The Sydney Review of Books, The Australian Book Review and the Sydney Morning Herald. She is a recipient of an Australia Council New Work Grant, an Asialink Fellowship, an Australian Society of Authors Mentorship, a Varuna Mentorship Fellowship and Varuna Residency Fellowship. She holds a PhD from Cambridge and is currently a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of New South Wales. She is currently at work on two new projects - a third novel and a collection of essays. Stephanie lives in Sydney.
