#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
7:45pm, Tuesday 10th March 2026
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
119 Lamington St, New Farm
Kathy Lette isn’t just a comedy queen: she’s a feminist pioneer. From the molls and surf chicks of Puberty Blues to the wickedly entertaining women of blockbuster hits like Mad Cows and The Revenge Club, she’s been charting the highs, lows and woes of the female experience for more than four decades. Her latest novel is a characteristically riotous and big-hearted exploration of sibling rivalry and family secrets, following estranged twins who must grudgingly join forces when their mother disappears…and her much younger lover enters the frame. Don’t miss your chance to see this deadset legend of Australian letters!
#Artists
Kathy Lette
Kathy Lette first achieved succès de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, which was made into a major film and a TV mini-series. She has written 20 books which have been translated into 19 languages. Kathy has two children and divides her time between Sydney and London. Kathy is an autodidact (a word she taught herself) but has three honorary doctorates. She is a TV presenter, newspaper and magazine columnist and also an ambassador for Their World, the National Autistic Society and Ambitious About Autism. Kathy recently completed a tour of her one-woman show, "Girls Night Out", and is pleased to report that she didn't fall out with the cast. Visit her website at www.kathylette.com and find her on Twitter @KathyLette, Facebook/KathyLetteAuthor and Instagram @kathy.lette
Jessica Rudd
Jessica Rudd is a Brisbane-based writer, lawyer and business leader.
She began her career in media and intellectual property law, politics and crisis communications in Australia, the UK and China before her first novel, Campaign Ruby, was published in 2010. Its sequel, Ruby Blues, followed in 2012. She has since written columns for newspapers and magazines and contributed to anthologies.
Having lived in Beijing for 5 years, in 2015 Jess started a Chinese online retail business, Jessica’s Suitcase, which she then sold to a publicly listed company in 2018.
In 2023, Jess worked as interim CEO for The Parenthood, an advocacy organisation pushing for better early childhood education and care and more paid parental leave. She has since been appointed as Chair of its board. She is also Co-Chair of the National Apology Foundation, Pro-Chancellor of Griffith University, and serves as independent non-executive director on the boards of the ASX-listed Australian Agricultural Company and the superannuation fund, Hostplus.
