Trent Dalton: From Eli to Lola
Trent Dalton | Cassie McCullagh
Trent Dalton has captured readers with books like Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies.
His storytelling voice and compelling characters cement him as a mainstay of Australian literature. His new novel, Lola in the Mirror is a darkly funny, and beautiful story of life, death and a country neck-deep in a national housing crisis. Join Trent as he discusses his process of writing the intricacies of the real world, and real people, onto the page. A supremely compelling and entertaining speaker, Trent will be in conversation with Cassie McCullagh.
This event is presented by the Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Trent Dalton
Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and the international bestselling author of Lola in the Mirror, Love Stories and All Our Shimmering Skies. His books have sold over 1.3 million copies in Australia alone. The adaptation of his debut novel, Boy Swallows Universe, became Australia’s most watched Netflix TV show within three days of release and broke Top 10 lists in 60 countries across the world. He lives in Brisbane with his wife and two daughters.
Cassie McCullagh
Cassie McCullagh co-hosts The Bookshelf with Kate Evans on ABC Radio National, a weekly review of the latest Australian and international fiction, and presents RN’s The Weekend. Cassie has also presented ABC Sydney’s Focus program, and RN’s flagship social affairs program Life Matters, and reported on books, arts and popular culture. Prior to joining the ABC, Cassie worked in print journalism as a feature writer, news reporter and columnist.
