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Join Jessie Tu, bestselling author of A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, to discuss her 'wildly inventive, chilling and intoxicating story of betrayal, ambition and love', The Honeyeater.‘Translation is longing. You never get it right.’
Young academic and emerging translator Fay takes her mother on a package tour holiday to France to celebrate her birthday. Her mother seems reluctant to leave their room in the evening, and Fay is working on a difficult translation. On their last night in France, Fay receives the shattering news that her former lover has suddenly died.
Back in Sydney, Fay seeks solace from her mentor, Professor Samantha Egan-Smith, who offers her a spot at a prestigious translation conference in Taipei. But can she trust her?
Fay arrives at the conference in Taipei. Her mother had begged her not to go at that time, warning that she would be susceptible to dangers and threats. And there is almost nothing a mother won’t do to protect her child.
This 'darling and moving' novel confirms that Jessie Tu is one of our most original and exciting writers. Tu is a book critic at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and a journalist for Women’s Agenda. Her debut novel, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, won the ABIA for 2020 Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
Erin Hortle is a teacher and writer of essays and fiction. She is the author of The Octopus and I.
Join Jessie and Erin in conversation at the Afterword Cafe.
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