Hobsons Bay Libraries is pleased to present a talk by Steven Carroll, the 2008 Miles Franklin Award winner and author of The Time We Have Taken as part of the State Library of Victoria's Summer Read program.
Steven grew up in Glenroy, went to La Trobe University and taught English in high schools before playing in bands in the 1970s. After leaving the music scene he began writing as a playwright and became the theatre critic for The Sunday Age.
His novels The Art of the Engine Driver and The Gift of Speed were both shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. In 2008 The Time We Have Taken won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book‚ South-East Asia and South Pacific region as well as the Miles Franklin Award.
Pre-event
6.00pm for a 70s Picnic on the lawn. Bring your friends and a picnic, settle down to enjoy 70s music, and classic 70s food ‘kabana and cheese’ from 6.00pm
Main event
7.21pm, Steven Carroll inside the Mechanics Institute
Bookings required, phone Williamstown Library or online at eventbrite- see link below
LOCATION: Williamstown Mechanics Institute, 5 Electra Street
CONTACT NAME: Libraries' Programs and Marketing Co-ordinator PHONE: 9932 4170
EMAIL: library@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
WEB: http://summerread26.eventbrite.com
Click on the link and register to attend , its free
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