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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Join us for a special bookend event:
Sarah Winman in conversation with Sarah Runcie
6:30–7:30pm, Tuesday 20th September | The Judith Wright Centre
420 Brunswick St & Cnr Berwick St, Fortitude Valley
From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of people brought together by love, war, art and the ghost of E.M. Forster.
1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening.
Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view.
Evelyn’s talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses’ mind that will shape the trajectory of his life – and of those who love him – for the next four decades.
Moving from the Tuscan Hills and piazzas of Florence, to the smog of London’s East End, Still Life is a sweeping, joyful novel about beauty, love, family and fate.
Sarah Winman will be at The Judith Wright Centre in-person. Still Life will be available to purchase at the event thanks to Brisbane independent bookseller Riverbend Books. Doors open at 6pm for a 6:30pm start.
Purchase a Festival Friends membership for a special offer!
Festival Friends ticket: $25
Festival Friends + copy of Still Life: $50
#Artists
Sarah Winman
Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Weber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. She has written four novels. Still Life (2021) was shortlisted for the ABIA International Book of the Year and won the 2021 Dymocks Book of the Year.
Sarah Runcie
Sarah Runcie joined Brisbane Writers Festival in 2020 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Sarah's extensive experience spans the creative industries, government and not-for-profit sectors. Her professional experience includes policy and advocacy, communications and arts administration positions. A highlight from Sarah's career is the establishment of Parliamentary Friends of Australian Books and Writers and the Parliamentary Book Club, whilst working for the Australian Publishers Association.
Sarah established the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative in 2016, which is recognised as a world leading initiative in print accessibility in the book industry.
Sarah is committed to a Brisbane Writers Festival for all.
