Louisa goes for a walk along the beach with her father, but only she returns.
The new novel from Susan Choi, multi-award-winning writer including the National Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award, is a sweeping, international family drama that was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Flashlight, described by The Guardian as a return to the great American novel of the 20th century, beguiled readers for its examination of absence and silence in a small family rocked by the assumed death of Louisa’s father.
Join Susan as she discusses relationships and alienation in her new novel, in conversation with Beejay Silcox.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 – The astonishing story of one family swept up in the tides of the twentieth century, ranging from Japan to the USA to the North Korean regime
10 May
2026
Melbourne, VIC
Susan Choi: Flashlight
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12 May
2026
Canberra, ACT
Night of the Bookers: David Szalay and Susan Choi
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16 May
2026
Margaret River, WA
Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival: Flashlight
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17 May
2026
Margaret River, WA
Plotting Conflict with Susan Choi
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19 May
2026
Brunswick Heads, NSW
Susan Choi In Conversation with Mick O'Regan
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22 May
2026
Eveleigh, NSW
State of the Art: The Booker Prize
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24 May
2026
Eveleigh, NSW
Family Secrets: Stories of the beauty and burdens families share
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