Melbourne Writers Festival Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Melbourne Writers Festival

'Horror is often metaphorising something, so a book about vampires could also really be talking about McCarthy-ism.' — @Rumaan for #MWFDigital Streaming to anywhere in the world, until Wed 15 Sep. https://mwf.com.au/program/rumaan-alam-leave-the-world-behind-071e/

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“A good time travel novel isn’t actually about time travel…in the end, the time sickness gets all of us.” – Gabrielle Zevin on @EmmaStraub’s book #ThisTimeTomorrow #MWF23

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On sale: One of the great writers of our times, British Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid (The Last White Man) joins #MWF22 live in person to discuss writing on some of the most profound upheavals our world has seen, with Osman Faruqi (@Oz_F). https://t.co/mTkdRxMa15

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After selling out the first event in less than four days, we are thrilled to announce a second live in-conversation event with Booker-nominated US novelist and publishing sensation Hanya Yanagihara (A Little Life). https://mwf.com.au/an-evening-with-hanya-yanagihara-the-capitol/

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SELLING FAST: Join writer, broadcaster and Conversations host Richard Fidler (@RFidler, @ABCConvos) as he sheds light on his latest masterwork of historical nonfiction, The Book of Roads and Kingdoms, with Michael Williams (@MmccWill). Book now: https://t.co/08qsqByGPZ. #MWF23 https://t.co/86sqpMeNuF

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“I think a lot of people didn’t get it and that was kind of freeing.” – Ottessa Moshfegh on the critical reception of Lapvona #MWF22

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On sale: Two-time #MilesFranklin winner Michelle de Kretser discusses her latest literary triumph, Scary Monsters, a devastating yet darkly funny tale of exile. She's joined by Mridula Nath Chakraborty. Book now: https://t.co/3dZoz2BTmI. #MWF22

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“For a long time, I only had a boy and a girl on a train platform. It was only until the pandemic hit…when I was alone, that gave me a certain courage to pursue an idea.” – Gabrielle Zevin on writing Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow #MWF23

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“I needed to make sure all the instruments weren’t playing at once.” – Shehan Karunatilaka (@ShehanKaru) on revising The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida #MWF23

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'I don't know really what is my native language, you know. I've always had a complicated relationship to every language that I've known [...] There are sort of these degrees of belonging and not belonging in each case.' — Jhumpa Lahiri for #MWFDigital https://mwf.com.au/program/jhumpa-lahiri-whereabouts-acb7/

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