Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion: The Glass House

Sat 1 Jun 2024

Anne Buist + Graeme Simsion + Jane Sullivan

Queensland Terrace, slq

Regular Program

1098

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Eminent psychiatrist Anne Buist and bestselling novelist Graeme Simsion discuss their latest collaborative novel, a compassionate and sometimes humorous story about a strained mental health system and its effects on patients, clinicians and family members. Sage and sensitive, The Glass House is another brilliant meditation on life and love from a beloved literary double act.

#Artists

Anne Buist

Anne Buist is chair of Women's Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and author of the psychological thrillers, Medea's Curse, Dangerous to Know and This I Would Kill For.

Graeme Simsion

Graeme Simsion is the internationally bestselling author of The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect and The Best of Adam Sharp.

Jane Sullivan

Jane Sullivan is the founder of Scholarly, an online learning platform that supports QCE English students. She is also co-founder of four hugely popular online book clubs: Rebel Readers Alliance, The Bluestockings Society, The Midnight Readers, and Birds of a Feather Book Club. Jane is an experienced English teacher, registered celebrant, book club coordinator, public speaker, online course developer, and mum to four young sons who she hopes will share her love of reading. Whether you're a parent looking for some thrilling reads for your primary aged child, or you'd like your teen to join a safe online community that offers more than just books, or you’re keen to connect with other grown-ups that love to have wholehearted conversations about books and stories, Jane and her co-captain Rebecca Sparrow have a book club for just about anyone. Jane is thrilled to bring her unique blend of biblio-zest and literary nous to the Brisbane Writers Festival.