Rebecca F. Kuang

11 March 2024


We’re rounding out a banner season for BWF by bringing one of the biggest books of the year to Brisbane. Taking the literary world by storm, Rebecca F. Kuang’s Yellowface is an absurdist comedy-thriller to die for.

6:30pm, Monday 11 March 2024
Concert Hall, Old Museum Brisbane
480 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD

June Hayward is nobody, the author of a blink-and-you-missed-it novel. Athena Liu is a star on the cusp of supernova. So when Athena dies in a freak accident, June does what any envious friend would do in her position — steals the dead woman’s manuscript, passes it off as her own, and reinverts herself as Juniper Song, the ethnically ambiguous toast of the publishing industry.

Outlandish, irreverent and laugh-out-loud funny, Yellowface is a withering pop culture satire, and Rebecca F. Kuang is a startling talent. She’ll be in conversation with the fabulous Mirandi Riwoe for ONE NIGHT ONLY. This will book out so treat yourself and book NOW!

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