Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 20 April
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
The death of David Foster Wallace in September 2008 was a loss for readers everywhere. Foster Wallace’s unique brand of literary pyrotechnics made the LA Times dub him ‘one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last 20 years’. The publishing event of 2011 will be the posthumous release of his final novel The Pale King. Join us for readings and reminiscences of David Foster Wallace.
Readers include Tony Wilson, Lorin Clarke, Ronnie Scott, Nick Maniatis, Nam Le and Toni Jordan.
Featuring
Lorin Clarke
Lorin Clarke is a writer, director and broadcaster. She has written for stage, television, print and radio and is the television columnist for the Big Issue. Lorin co-presents the daily Stupidly Small podcast with Stew Farrell.
Her play For We Are Young And Free was nominated for the Golden Gibbo Award at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Lorin has an arts/law degree.
Toni Jordan
Toni Jordan is the author of the international bestseller Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and adapted into a feature film, in cinemas in 2026. Her novel Nine Days was awarded Best Fiction at ...
Nam Le
Nam Le’s work encompasses fiction, non-fiction, poetry and screen. His debut poetry collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem was published in March in Australia, the U.S. and U.K. Poems from it appeared in Paris ...
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott is the author of four books from Penguin: the essay Salad Days, the acclaimed novels The Adversary and Shirley, and the novel Letter to a Fortunate Ex, which will be published next May. He teaches Creative ...
Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson is an author of more than 20 books for all ages and several genres. His picture books Hickory Dickory Dash and The Cow Tripped Over the Moon were bestseller and both were selected as National Simultaneous Storytime titles. His most recent book for adults is 1989: The Great Grand Final (Hardie Grant, 2020)
Tony was a long-time member of the Breakfasters team on Triple R and has a regular segment on ABC Mornings with Sammy J. He co-directed and produced the sports documentary feature The Galahs: A Footy Journey, A Sporting Odyssey (Sepia Tones Productions) which premiered at MIFF in 2016.
He also hosts a website and podcast called Speakola, which is dedicated to great speeches, famous and otherwise. Guests on the podcast have included Stan Grant, Kate Mulvany, Nelly Thomas and Andrew Denton.