Jasper Jones was a bestseller in 2009 for Craig Silvey and is now considered a modern Australian classic, published in over a dozen territories with plaudits in three continents, including an International Dublin Literary Award shortlisting, a Michael J. Printz Award Honor, a Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisting, and the ABIA Book of the Year for 2010.
Craig’s next novel Honeybee was published ten years later, winning Best Fiction for the Indie Book Awards 2021 and Dymock's Book of the Year 2020.
Join Craig in conversation with Nicole Abadee discussing both books, his skill for writing outcasts and misfits, and the impact of success on his craft and career.
Craig Silvey published his critically acclaimed debut novel, Rhubarb, in 2004, followed by his bestselling novel, Jasper Jones which was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and won the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year 2010. Craig's third novel Honeybee won Best Fiction for the Indie Book Awards 2021 and Dymock's Book of the Year 2020. Winner of the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, Runt was published in 2022; its sequel Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping will be published in 2025.
Nicole Abadee is an interviewer, facilitator and journalist who writes for Good Weekend Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Spectrum and Australian Book Review. She has been a regular interviewer at writers’ festivals including Sydney Writers Festival, Adelaide Writers Week and Canberra Writers Festival. She was the curator of the Woollahra Writers’ Festival 2025. Nicole has been a literary judge, podcaster and a guest on ABC Radio to discuss books. She is a board member of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
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Subject to availability, a limited number of single tickets may become available 9 September.
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