Speaker Series: "Plum" – Brendan Cowell in Conversation
Date and time
Location
Marrickville Library and Pavilion
313 Marrickville Road
Marrickville, NSW 2204
Australia
Brendan Cowell explores his latest novel, "Plum"
About this event
Join Brendan Cowell in a discussion about his latest book Plum, a powerfully moving, authentic, big-hearted, angry and joyous novel of men, their inarticulate pain and what it takes for them to save themselves - from themselves.
Brendan will be joined in conversation by Karen Dwarte, Collections Coordinator for Inner West Libraries.
Want to read the book before attending?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brendan is an award-winning writer, actor and director for television, theatre and film. He wrote the smash hit Ruben Guthrie for Belvoir St Theatre in 2009, and wrote and directed the film adaptation, winning an AWGIE for the screenplay. Brendan wrote two episodes of the multi award- winning series THE SLAP for which he won the AACTA Best Screenplay prize.
He has been named the 'leading light amongst playwrights of his generation' (The Sun Herald) and has won the Patrick White Playwright's Award, the Philip Parsons Young Playwright's Award and the Griffin Award. His 11 plays have been produced all around the world. He was a writer on the acclaimed TV series Love my way, in which he starred. Many of his episodes for Love my way were nominated for Australian Writers Guild Awards (AWGIE) for Outstanding Screenplay.
