It is impossible to imagine Australian literature - and Australian life - without Helen Garner's work. On the eve of her 80th birthday the internationally renowned and award-winning writer talks to Tegan Bennett Daylight. Don’t miss this special event.

Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction. Helen has received countless awards, and in 2019 she was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.

Tegan Bennett Daylight is a writer, teacher and critic. Her collection of short stories, Six Bedrooms, was shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal, the Steele Rudd Award and the Stella Prize. Her latest book is The Details.

SIf tickets below are sold out, a number of tickets will also be sold at the door on the day. Due to wet weather, this event has now moved to the Old Library at Civic Place, Katoomba. (100 metres down the hill from The Carrington, opposite Specsavers.)