The Second Book Episode #07: Robbie Arnott


Robbie Arnott + Michaela Kalowski

Online Program / The Second Book

TSB007

#Performances


#About the event

#Season Pass

Buy a season pass

#Artists

Robbie Arnott

Robbie Arnott

Robbie Arnott’s acclaimed debut, Flames (2018), won a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist award and a Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prize, and was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, a New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award, a Queensland Literary Award, the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction and the Not the Booker Prize. His follow-up, The Rain Heron (2020), won the Age Book of the Year award, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the ALS Gold Medal, the Voss Literary Prize and an Adelaide Festival Award. His latest novel is Limberlost. He lives in Hobart. 

Michaela Kalowski

Michaela Kalowski

Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. In 2023 she's the curator and interviewer of Brisbane Writers Festival's online series The Second Book, and curator of ABC RN's on-air writers festival, Big Weekend of Books. She's conducted radio interviews for ABC RN's The Music Show, Big Ideas and The Bookshelf, ABC Classic and has presented programs across ABC radio. Recent interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Trent Dalton and Robert Jones Jr.



#More events

The Second Book Episode #05: Sarah Krasnostein

TSB005

Online Program / The Second Book

The Second Book Episode #05: Sarah Krasnostein

The Second Book Episode #01: Jodi McAlister

TSB001

The Second Book / Online Program

The Second Book Episode #01: Jodi McAlister

The Second Book Episode #03: Yumna Kassab

TSB003

Online Program / The Second Book

The Second Book Episode #03: Yumna Kassab

Colonial Cringe

Sold Out

BWF085

Main Festival

Colonial Cringe

Google Tag Paste this code as high in the of the page as possible: