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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
6:30pm, Thursday 23 May 2024
Concert Hall, Old Museum Brisbane
480 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD
Bonnie Garmus, author of the literary phenomenon Lessons in Chemistry, is coming to Brisbane in May 2024!
A crackling cocktail of mordant wit and potent social commentary, Lessons offers a drily comic glimpse into the lives of overlooked women and has captivated readers worldwide. Following a chemist turned celebrity chef who hijacks her primetime television spot to deliver acerbic feminist subversion, Lessons is bitingly imaginative, a novel as thought-provoking as it is delightful.
Speaking of chemistry, Bonnie will be in conversation with the always charming Frances Whiting, Brisbane’s beloved writer and interviewer. We don’t know much about science, but we can say with confidence it’s a formula for splendid evening.
This event will sell out, so get in quick. And with Christmas just around the corner, buying tickets to Bonnie is a recipe for gift-giving success!
#Missed out?
Please note Bonnie Garmus will be making a second appearance on Friday 24 May, and there are still tickets available for this event. Click below to go to the event page and book now.
#Artists
Bonnie Garmus
Bonnie Garmus is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, a number-one global bestseller and winner of several national and international awards, including Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year, Hay Festival’s Book of the Year, Goodreads Choice Award Debut of the Year, British Book Awards Author of the Year, Waterstones Author of the Year, Books are My Bag Author of the Year Award and Readers’ Choice Award, Germany and Australia’s Booksellers Book of the Year, Australia’s International Book of the Year, and many more. It was also selected by Queen Camilla for the Queen’s Reading Room and has been on the New York Times, Sunday Times and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years. Currently published in forty-two territories, it has sold almost seven million copies.
Frances Whiting
Frances Whiting loves words. As one of Australia's most respected journalists, Fran writes award winning, long form features, and was recently the recipient of the prestigious Clarion Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. As Australia's longest running, nationally syndicated columnist, her weekly column has been going for 26 years, not out. As an author she has penned two best sellers, Walking on Trampolines and The Best Kind of Beautiful, currently optioned for an eight part television series. She is an outstanding interviewer, and regularly hosts the Brisbane City Council's Writers in Residence series. When she is not doing all of the above, you will find her with her nose in a book.
