Sydney Writer's Festival 2024 - Richard Glover: Best Wishes

Do you hate noisy restaurants, pre-ripped jeans and pedestrians who walk five abreast?

Beloved broadcaster and journalist Richard Glover is on a mission to change the world, one small wish at a time. With his trademark wit and keen eye, his latest book Best Wishes is a collection of things that ‘can do better’.

Bring your pet peeves and your petty grievances and make a wish for a better world as Richard sits down with author Samera Kamaleddine to imagine a world without plastic-wrapped fruit.

There will be a short question and answer with time for book signings afterwards.

Richard Glover’s most recent book is Best Wishes, a book about making the world a better, less annoying place, one wish at a time. He is also author of Love, Clancy – a collection of the letters sent home by his dog Clancy to his parents in the bush; and of the bestseller The Land Before Avocado – a journey into the bizarre Australia of the late 60s and early 70s.

Richard’s weekly humour column has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age for over thirty years. He writes regularly for The Washington Post and also presents Thank God It’s Friday on ABC local radio.

Samera Kamaleddine is a Sydney-based author and children’s librarian. She has spent many years as a journalist, writing for magazines about everything from friendship dramas and school bullies to body confidence. Her debut young adult novel Half My Luck was published after it won the Matilda Prize in 2020. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart, published in May 2023, is her first book for middle-grade readers.

Getting to the event

This talk will be hosted in the Sans Souci Literary Institute, an historic building in the heart of Southern Sydney.

Address: 107 Ramsgate Rd, Ramsgate,

By Public Transport

The closest Train Station is Kogarah and a short 15 minute bus ride along Rocky Point Road on either the the 477 or 947 bus routes will take you to the corner of Ramsgate Road and Rocky Point Road, a 30 second walk away from the Institute.

By car

There is limited suburban street parking available in the surrounding streets. We recommend car sharing and taking public tranport where possible.

Other Bayside Sydney Writer's Festivla Events: No Worries Writing Workshops

Bayside council are hosting a series of writing workshops in Sans Souci with Authors Kathryn Heyman and Eleanor Limprecht. Please visit the Links below to find out more information and reserve your spot.

• Find your Flow, with Kathryn Heyman
• Start with a Scene, with Eleanor Limprecht
  

For more information about the Sydney Writers Festival Program please click HERE