Event #47
This Writing Life
Susan Orlean + Charlotte Wood + Andrew Pippos + Carody Culver
Powerhouse Theatre
Regular Program
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
This Writing Life
Susan Orlean (Joyride), Charlotte Wood (The Writer’s Room), Andrew Pippos (The Transformations).
Chair: Carody Culver
4:30–5:30pm, Friday 9 October, Powerhouse Theatre
What does it mean to capture a life in words – and how do the stories we tell about ourselves shape the way we see the world? Susan Orlean’s exuberant memoir of finding her creative calling, Andrew Pippos’ intimate novel of endings and beginnings, and Charlotte Wood’s indispensable compilation of conversations with other authors all reveal, in striking and compelling ways, how we narrate and understand the writer’s work.
#Artists
Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean is the bestselling author of eight books including Joyride, The Library Book, and the Orchid Thief, which was made into the Oscar-winning film “Adaptation”. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 1992. She lives in Los Angeles.
Charlotte Wood
Charlotte Wood is the author of seven novels and three books of non-fiction. Her latest novel Stone Yard Devotional was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and named a top-10 book of 2025 by both the New York Times and The Washington Post.
Andrew Pippos
Andrew Pippos is a Sydney author. His debut novel, Lucky's, won The Readings Prize for Australian Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin award and the Prime Minister's Literary Award.
Carody Culver
Carody Culver is the editor of Griffith Review. She's also a writer and a literary interviewer. Her work has appeared in Australian Book Review, Meanjin, Sydney Review of Books, Kill Your Darlings, Books+Publishing and more, and she's been a contributing editor for Peppermint magazine. Her chapbook, The Morgue I Think the Deader It Gets, was published by Cordite in 2022. You can find her on Substack at acriticalcondition.substack.com.
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