Vision Australia Library is thrilled to announce our first ‘In conversation’ for 2026 will feature award winning author Sofie Laguna.
Sofie is an internationally acclaimed author, who has written four highly awarded novels for adults, and recently published her latest novel ‘The Underworld’.
Sofie’s accolades include winning the Miles Franklin Award, Indie Award, Colin Roderick Literary Award and the HT Priestley Medal. Her novels were also short listed for the Stella Prize, the Prime Ministers Literary Award, the Victorian Premier Literary Award, the Australian Book Industry Awards and the Voss Award.
Additionally, Sofie is a highly successful children’s author. Her children’s books have been recognised with industry awards for more than twenty years. Sofie’s children’s books have been published in the US, the UK, Europe and Asia.
Join Maureen O’Reilly as she spends an hour ‘In conversation’ with Sofie, discussing her life, her writing and her latest book, ‘The Underworld’.
About ‘The Underworld’
“'The Underworld' is for every reader you know; thinkers, laughers, empaths, quirky folk, queer folk, nostalgists, the young and those getting on. Readers seeking a happy ending and anyone ready to feel.” Martha, the lead character, is funny, brave, insightful, clever and a misfit. She will break your heart – then mend it – many times over.
