A Day in Carlton: Sofie Laguna & Trent Dalton with Toni Jordan

We are delighted to have Trent Dalton and Sofie Laguna joining Toni Jordan to discuss the impact of including personal experiences in their works of fiction. How does doing so affect the story they want to give their readers? How does the personal get in the way? When is it lying and when is it simply telling stories?

Trent Dalton’s Gravity Let Me Go is a novel about the stories we want to tell the world – and those we shouldn't. It’s about how the stories we keep locked away are so often the stories that come to define us.

Sofie Laguna’s The Underworld is for every reader you know: thinkers, laughers, empaths, quirky folk, queer folk, nostalgists, the young, and those getting on. It’s for readers seeking a happy ending, anyone ready to feel, and anyone who has ever been 14.

Toni Jordan’s Tenderfoot is a gorgeous portrayal of an Australian childhood that will offer familiar glimpses of the past for every adult.

The Readings pop-up bookshop will be open at this event. Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar.