Runt

In Runt, Craig Silvey has written a book for the whole family – and for all the dog lovers out there! A touching and heart-warming tale in the tradition of Charlotte’s Web and Babe, Silvey’s book centres on the relationship between a stray dog with a special talent and his adopted owner. In conversation with Sarah Ayoub, Silvey gives an insight into the impetus for this “hilarious tale of kindness, friendship, hurdles, hoops, tunnels, see-saws, being yourself and bringing out the best in others".

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Sarah Ayoub is a journalist, bestselling author and academic with a PhD in migrant Australian YA literature. Her work has been published in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin and more. She is a Stella Schools Program ambassador, contributed to anthology Arab, Australian, Other and was a judge for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She was elected to the board of the Australian Society of Authors in 2021 and is currently working on her first novel for adults. Her books include Hate is Such a Strong Word, The Yearbook Committee, The Cult of Romance and The Love That Grew.

Craig Silvey is an author whose critically acclaimed debut novel, Rhubarb, was published in 2004. His bestselling novel, Jasper Jones, was released in 2009 and was the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year. Craig's third novel Honeybee was published in 2019 and won Best Fiction for the Indie Book Awards 2021 and Dymock's Book of the Year 2020. His latest novel, Runt, was published in October 2022.

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