In anticipation of an afternoon tea with five novelists as part of the Perth International Arts Festival, I’ve been furiously reading books like Marina Lewycka’s A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Liza Dalby’s Tale of Murasaki and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep, and just got hold of Aminata Forna’s Ancestor Stones a couple of days ago. Which were all fantastically worthwhile reads in themselves, and perfect preparation for my Sunday afternoon experience.
Each author read a few pages from one of their books, and answered questions posed by the moderator and the audience. How inspiring to more-or-less “meet” five successful novelists and to be reminded that they’re really normal people, making me feel that I, too, could do this.
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