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Join us for the very first session in our brand-new Writers Book Club series! Local bestselling author of Girl Falling and Dirt Town, Hayley Scrivenor, leads this first discussion on Donna Tartt's classic novel The Secret History.Friday 19 September, 7 – 8:30pm
Red Point Arts, Port Kembla
In the opening chapter of Donna Tartt’s infamous The Secret History, there is the following line:
‘I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.’
This book—a tale of a student trying to fit in with glamorous college friends, who happen to be hiding a dark secret—took the author ten years to write, and would go on to be a massive bestseller. It also experienced something of a renaissance on social media, where it's become synonymous with ‘Dark Academia’. If you’re interested in reading and discussing this book, then join internationally best-selling author, Hayley Scrivenor, for a special book club!
Hayley says, ‘I chose The Secret History because something about it endures. It’s a book that I get something new out of every time I read it. I am also embarrassingly interested in the story behind the writing of novel, and I can’t wait to talk about all this and more with anyone who comes along!’
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Hayley Scrivenor’s internationally published debut novel, Dirt Town, became an instant #1 Australian bestseller in 2022. It has been translated into multiple languages and won a number of national and international awards, including an ABIA for General Fiction Book of the Year, a Lambda Literary award for LGBTQ+ Mystery, a Davitt Award for Best Debut Crime Book, and a Crime Writers’ Association ‘New Blood’ Dagger. Hayley holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wollongong and lives on Dharawal country. Girl Falling is her second novel.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Red Point Arts, 100 Wentworth St, Port Kembla, 100-110 Wentworth St, Port Kembla NSW 2505, Australia, Berkeley
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