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What is the future of the great Australian novel? Novelists Jessica Au, Brian Castro and André Dao contemplate the novel, the nation and its literature with Lynda Ng.
The old novel … had defined boundaries within which information was traded for the reader’s loyalty to a common and national agenda. The new novel places the boundaries themselves under question. — Brian Castro, ‘Heterotopias’ (1994)
Marking 30 years since Brian Castro considered the ‘new novel’, three of Australia’s most talented contemporary novelists discuss the future of the form. Is there such a thing as a ‘Great Australian Novel’, or have twentieth-century paradigms expired? What, exactly, does greatness have to do with fiction? How does the novel relate to the nation? Dr Lynda Ng, lecturer in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, will host Jessica Au, Brian Castro and André Dao as they consider the novel, the nation, and the boundaries that shape them.
Presented in partnership with Liminal
About Liminal Festival
Bringing together some of the continent’s most talented writers, the Liminal Festival contemplates the language of our shared histories and future.
The Liminal Festival is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 03 August
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tickets
$19.00
Full
$15.00
Concession
$0.00
Pay What You Wish
75% of proceeds from Liminal Festival events will go towards future Liminal projects.
Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Assistive Listening
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
The bookseller for this event is Amplify Bookstore.
Featuring
Jessica Au
Jessica Au has worked as a writer, editor and bookseller. Her novel Cold Enough for Snow (2022) won the inaugural Novel Prize and was published by Giramondo, New Directions and Fitzcarraldo Editions, with translations in nineteen languages ...
Brian Castro
Brian Castro is the author of twelve novels, a volume of essays and a poetic memoir and cookbook. His novels include the multi award-winning Double-Wolf, Shanghai Dancing and Blindness and Rage. He was the 2014 winner of the Patrick White Award ...
André Dao
André Dao is a Melbourne-based writer, editor and artist. His debut novel, Anam, won the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. His writing has appeared in Meanjin, Sydney Review of Books ...
Lynda Ng
Lynda Ng is a Lecturer in English and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is the editor of Indigenous Transnationalism: Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria (2018), the recipient of an ARC Discovery Grant for a collaborative project ...