#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
“As an author I write about myself … if that sounds self-indulgent, you don't know the half of it.” Hear Phil Brown, Arts Editor at The Courier Mail discuss his affectionate, witty memoir about growing up in Hong Kong with Steve Austin.
#Artist
Phil Brown
Phil Brown is the Arts Editor of The Courier-Mail. He is a poet and the author of two books of verse and two humorous memoirs - Travels with My Angst and Any Guru Will Do both published by UQP. His latest book is The Kowloon Kid, a memoir about growing up in Hong Kong published in 2019 by Transit Lounge.
#Moderator
Steve Austin
Steve has presented programs for ABC Radio & Television for thirty years. He has focused primarily on public affairs with a political bent. An interest in Art and what it says about the artist and the audience he believes that Brisbane writer Melissa Lukashenko got it right when she wrote “the audience gives us their trust & we give them new eyes”. Steve aims to approach public affairs from a different angle and draw out the unexpected from guests. He has interviewed every Australian Prime Minister from John Howard to the Present day. He declines to interview celebrities as they tend to be predictable whilst the interesting stories come from unexpected people.
#Series
#More events
Sold Out
