From the stage to the page Simon Tedeschi is an astoundingly accomplished musician and writer. His debut book Fugitive straddles the borders of poetry and prose, fiction and fact, trauma and testimony. Join us for this very special conversation with one of Australia’s greatest creative talents. Hosted by poet and critic Felicity Plunkett, who has been Simon Tedeschi's mentor.

Known primarily as a concert pianist, Simon Tedeschi has written for publications across Australia. When neither writing nor practising, he reads books and drinks coffee. He and his wife, the painter Loribelle Spirovski, live in Sydney, Australia with their cat. Fugitive is his first book.

Felicity Plunkett is the author of A Kinder Sea (2020), Vanishing Point (2009) and the chapbook Seastrands (2011) and editor of Thirty Australian Poets (2011). She is a widely published writer of reviews, essays and the occasional short story, and served as the Poetry Editor with University of Queensland Press for ten years.

Single tickets are available below. You can also attend this event by purchasing a Festival multipack ticket.