#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
2:00pm, Sunday 16th August 2026
Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
119 Lamington St, New Farm
Global bestseller Meg Mason, author of the literary sensation Sorrow and Bliss, is back!
Sophie Pattison has a secret. Not the dark kind – Sophie's a lovely person, and she has a job as a sound producer for literary festivals, which can be a little bit thankless, but she loves it because she loves books and authors. No, Sophie's secret is that she's incredibly, achingly lonely. When she discovers the work of a famous author, Sophie feels as though she's found the company she craves – even though she knows she'll never actually meet her literary heroine. Sophie's favourite writer in all the world would never be a guest at the same festival Sophie works for. Would she?
Meg Mason has done it again. Don't miss your chance to see this incredible writer discussing her tender, witty and breathtaking new novel in conversation with fellow novelist Kimberley Allsopp.
#Artists
Meg Mason
Meg Mason is the author of Sorrow and Bliss, which became an international bestseller after it was first published in Australia. Winner of the British Book Industry Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, it has since been translated into more than 30 languages. Her first career was in journalism, beginning at The Times of London, later writing for Vogue, ELLE, GQ, Sunday Style and The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts and Murmurs. Born in New Zealand, she lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters.
Kimberley Allsopp
Kimberley Allsopp's debut novel, Love & Other Puzzles was published by HarperCollins in 2022. Her second novel, Rise and Shine was published in 2025. Kimberley has worked in bookselling and publishing since 2008.
