Next date: Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM
Suitable for adults Sydney Writers’ Festival is Australia’s largest celebration of books and ideas, bringing the world’s finest authors and esteemed thinkers together for insightful and exhilarating conversations and discussions. Frankston City Libraries is thrilled to be live streaming award winning author David Szalay as he speaks on the complexity of identity. Hear David trace the evolution of his singular novel and its protagonist, in conversation with Michelle de Kretser. Refreshments will be provided. About the writer: Winner of 2025 Booker Prize with Flesh, David Szalay is the author of six works of fiction, including London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, All That Man Is, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn Prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Turbulence, which won the Edge Hill Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London and now lives in Vienna. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages.
Sydney Writers’ Festival Live & Local program offers a free livestream of Festival sessions to libraries and community centres across regional Australia to share directly with their audiences.
Frankston Library, 60 Playne Street, Frankston, 3199, View Map
60 Playne Street , Frankston 3199
Free