Tim Winton event

We are thrilled to announce a special event on 19 October with award-winning Australian writer Tim Winton in partnership with the University of Newcastle and supported by Penguin Random House. 

Tim will be speaking with festival director, Rosemarie Milsom about his new novel Juice, which centres on two fugitives, a man and a child, who drive all night across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. From the vehicle they survey a forsaken place – middens of twisted iron, rusty wire, piles of sun-baked trash. They’re exhausted, traumatised, desperate now. But as a refuge, this is the most promising place they’ve seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.

Problem is, they’re not alone.

So begins a searing, propulsive journey through a life whose central challenge is not simply a matter of survival, but of how to maintain human decency as everyone around you falls ever further into barbarism.

MacLean’s Booksellers is supporting the event and Tim will be signing books on the night.

EVENT DETAILS

When: 6pm to 7pm,  Saturday 19 October 2024

Where: University of Newcastle Great Hall, University Drive, Callaghan (The venue is suitable for wheelchair users)

Tickets: On sale from noon 3 June 2024 $35/$25 concession. 

Concession prices are available for full-time students, Health Care Card holders and Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.

There will be limited door sales.