Night of the Bookers: David Szalay and Susan Choi

Following the global success of two extraordinary literary works, join us for a glittering night of words as we host internationally acclaimed authors Susan Choi and David Szalay here in Canberra!

Booker Prize 2025 winner David Szalay will discuss his latest novel Flesh – a hypnotic and propulsive work about a Hungarian man swept up to live alongside London’s super-rich. Flesh confronts profound questions about what drives a life, what makes it worth living, and what ultimately breaks it.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2025, Susan Choi’s critically acclaimed novel Flashlight traces the sweeping story of one family caught in the currents of the twentieth century from Japan to the United States to the North Korean regime. This monumental new work from the National Book Award-winning author spans decades and continents in a spellbinding, deeply moving exploration of family, loss, memory, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.

Susan and David will appear in conversation with Canberra’s much-loved Nigel Featherstone, read from their work and discuss their writing lives.  Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear two of today’s most compelling literary voices in conversation and enjoy a celebration of Booker Prize excellence! 

Flashlight – Ferociously smart and full of surprises, Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood

Flesh - 'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey, author of Orbital