Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 8 September
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
wheelercentre.com
Set in inner-city Melbourne, Allee Richards’ just-released debut novel Small Joys of Real Life is already being described as a 21st-century Monkey Grip. Dealing with friendship, grief, self-absorption and desire, this contemporary work has been chosen as the inaugural title in the 2021 Melbourne City Reads initiative being supported by CBD bookshops, the City of Melbourne and the Victorian government.
Join Richards as she and Jacinta Parsons, Afternoons presenter with ABC Radio Melbourne, discuss the novel, its diverse cast of characters and the choices that its twenty-something protagonist, Eva, must make to find joy and meaning in life.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Writers Festival and supported by the City of Melbourne, Victorian Government and ABC Radio Melbourne
Featuring
Allee Richards
Allee Richards is the author of two novels, A Light in the Dark and Small Joys of Real Life. Her short stories have been published widely in Australia including by Overland, Kill Your Darlings and Australian Book Review. She ...
Jacinta Parsons
Jacinta Parsons is a broadcaster, writer and public speaker who currently hosts the Friday Revue and Saturday Mornings on ABC Local Radio Melbourne. She is the author of Unseen: The Secret Life of Chronic Illness ...