7 1/2

Referencing Fellini's great semi-autobiographical film 8 1/2, critically acclaimed author Christos Tsiolkas, takes us into the mind of an author grappling with a creative impasse. As with Fellini in 8 1/2, Tsiolkas is ambiguously positioned in this beautifully observed, luscious, first-person novel. Join Tsiolkas as he reflects on the themes of class, gender, sexuality and morality of his previous writings, and the alchemy of inchoate sensuous experience and its relationship to creativity.

Christos Tsiolkas in conversation with Kristina Olsson