City Program
Julia Baird and Trent Dalton: On Wonder
Thu 9 Sep, 8.30pmAthenaeum Theatre
Due to COVID-19, this event has been cancelled.
Conserving a sense of wonder allows us to transcend the mundane, reminds us of our humanity and has even been linked to better health. In this highlight Festival event, two of Australia's most celebrated authors and journalists Julia Baird and Trent Dalton speak with Michael Williams about the role of wonder in their lives and where they seek and find it personally and professionally. Baird's Phosphorescence is a meditation on 'awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark'. Dalton's All Our Shimmering Skies is 'a love letter to Australia and an ode to the art of looking up'.
Supported by ARA
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1 hour
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Dr Julia Baird hosts The Drum on ABC and writes columns for The New York Times and The Sydney Morning Herald. Julia’s bestselling biography of Queen Victoria was published in several countries to critical acclaim. In 2020, she published the instant bestseller Phosphorescence, which won the ABIA Book of the Year.
Trent Dalton is a staff writer for the Weekend Australian Magazine. His debut novel, Boy Swallows Universe, broke records to become the fastest selling Australian debut novel ever and is currently being adapted for screen and stage. His second novel, All Our Shimmering Skies, became an instant number one bestseller when it was published in 2020.