Helen Garner: The Season Sold out

Join Helen Garner in conversation with Beejay Silcox, as she discusses her new book The Season.

This event is presented in partnership with the Canberra Writers Festival.

Prior to the event, Bookplate cafe will be open from 4-6pm for drinks and nibbles. Reservations via their website are welcome.

About The Season

Each week Helen sits on the sidelines of training sessions and matches watching her grandson and his teammates tackle triumphs and defeats as they fight their way towards the finals.

She’s a passionate Western Bulldogs fan (with an imperfect grasp of the rules) who loves the epic theatre of AFL football. But her devotion to the under-16s offers her something else. This is her chance to connect with her youngest grandchild, to be close to him before he rushes headlong into manhood.

With her sharp eye, her generous wit and her warm humour, Garner documents this pivotal moment, both as part of the story and as silent witness.

About Helen Garner

Helen Garner is the author of The Season. She writes novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham–Campbell Prize for non-fiction. She was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature in 2019. In 2023 she was awarded the ASA Medal for her outstanding contribution to Australian literature.

Her works include Monkey Grip, The Children’s Bach, The First Stone, Joe Cinque’s Consolation, The Spare Room, This House of Grief and three volumes of her diaries. She lives in Melbourne.

About Beejay Silcox

Beejay Silcox is a writer, literary critic and the Artistic Director of Canberra Writers Festival. Her book reviews and cultural commentary regularly appear in national arts publications and are increasingly finding an international audience, including in the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and The New York Times. Her award-winning short stories have been published at home and abroad and have been selected for a number of Australian anthologies.