Novel Worlds

Gail Jones' and Shirley Hazzard’s hypnotic novels describe how moments of historical intensity can shift and slow time; both attend to how art can transfigure a life. In her brilliant biography, Brigitta Olubas surveys Hazzard’s life and work with a novelist’s eye for the private and intimate. Jones’ Salonika Burning is set in Greece where four historical figures undertake caring at the frontlines of war. What craft and style decisions establish these fraught encounters? Join highly acclaimed biographer Olubas and award-winning novelist Jones in conversation with Mireille Juchau.

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Gail Jones is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. She is the author of two short story collections and nine novels, and her work has been translated into several languages. She has received numerous literary awards, including the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, The Age Book of the Year, the South Australian Premier’s Award, the ALS Gold Medal and the Kibble Award, and has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the International Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. Her latest novel is Salonika Burning.

Mireille Juchau is a novelist and Walkley Award-winning critic. Her novel The World Without Us won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. Her essays and reviews are widely published, most recently in the LA Review of Books, The Monthly and newyorker.com.

Brigitta Olubas edited Shirley Hazzard's essays We Need Silence To Know What We Think and Shirley Hazzard's Collected Stories. She has just published the biography Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life.

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