EVENTS
Author Talk — Rockdale Library
(3rd floor meeting room)
444 Princes Highway, Rockdale
6.00-7.00pm, July 17, 2017
I'll be talking about A Hundred Small Lessons – and other things – at Rockdale Libary as part of an author talk. And there'll be plenty of time for Q&As for anything you'd like to ask. You can register your interest here.
Sydney Mechanics' School of Art
280 Pitt St, Sydney
12.30-1.30pm, Wednesday, July 19, 2017
There's a lovely symmetry to being asked to speak at the Tom Keneally Centre about A Hundred Small Lessons – and it will be lovely to be talking about its landscape and its journey in the city I still sometimes secretly think of as "home" ... You can check details about it on the SMSA website closer to time.
Byron Writers' Festival 2017
I'm thrilled to have been invited slightly south for this year's Byron Writers' Festival. I'll be in conversation with some lovely writers about their work – and in conversation with some lovely writers about mine as well. I've listed the sessions separately below, and you can get information about the whole wonderful program here.
BWF: The Extreme Boundaries of the Sayable
Southern Cross University Marquee
10.00-11.00am, August 4, 2017
Come along for what promises to be a fascinating conversation between Kate Cole-Adams (Anaesthesia), Nikki Gemmell (After), and Kate Grenville (The Case Against Fragrance) – I'm very excited to have been asked to chair this one. The event code is 1.
BWF: Ashley Hay in Conversation – A Hundred Small Lessons
Belongil Room
12.15-1.00pm, August 4, 2017
I'm a big fan of Susan Wyndham and her way of thinking about writers and their work, so I'm particularly honoured to be talking with her about A Hundred Small Lessons at Byron this year. The event code is 34.
BWF: Kate Grenville in Conversation
Saturday Paper Marquee
2.45-3.45pm, August 4, 2017
I haven't had the opportunity of a one-on-one conversation with Kate Grenville since her magnificent Sarah Thornhill was published in 2011, so I'm looking forward to talking with her about her stunning new book of non-fiction, The Case Against Fragrance. The event code is 30.
BWF: Just Like Us – Creating Fictional Families
Saturday Paper Marquee
12.30-1.30pm, August 5, 2017
There's bound to be a whole host of different relationships under discussion in this one – Nicole Abadee will chair the conversation between Robert Drewe, Sophie Hamley, Eka Kurniawan and me. The event code is 71.
BWF: Women in Science
Southern Cross University Marquee
10.15-11.15am, August 6, 2017
This is some company to be in: ABC-RN's Robyn Williams is in the chair, and my fellow panellists will be Melissa Ashley (discussing her first novel, The Birdman's Wife) and the spectacular Dava Sobel (potentially discussing everything from Longitude to her latest book, The Glass Universe). The event code is 83.
Loreto College Past Pupils' Bookclub
415 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo
6.45pm, August 28, 2017
Writing a book in Brisbane – and set in Brisbane – has proved to be a delightful way of meeting all sorts of readers close to home and discovering all sorts of different parts of this place. I'm looking forward to talking with readers of this Loreto College bookclub at their August meeting – and finding out if my fictitious Brisbane makes sense to them ...
Ashley has participated in many writers' festivals and conferences over more than fifteen years and is available for lectures, workshops and other presentations and conversations. She is also a skilled facilitator and regularly chairs sessions and conducts one-on-one conversations with writers about their work at festivals and other events in Australia and abroad.
