Sydney Writers' Festival - Peter Polites: God Forgets About the Poor

About the event:

Join Peter Polites in conversation with Will Kostakis about Peter's latest novel, God Forgets About the Poor. Light tea will be provided and the authors' books will be available to purchase after the event courtesy of QBD The Bookshop, Hurstville.

About the book:

God Forgets About the Poor: https://ultimopress.com.au/products/god-forgets-about-the-poor

About the author:

Peter Polites is a novelist from Western Sydney. He has written two acclaimed novels, Down the Hume and The Pillars, which won the 2020 NSW Premier’s Multicultural NSW Literary Award. He also won the 2020 Woollahra Digital Literature Prize for Fiction. In 2021 he was the ACT Writer in Residence at UNSW Canberra.

About the moderator:

Will Kostakis is an award-winning author for young adults who signed his first book deal in high school. We Could Be Something is his latest novel. It’s a humorous yet heart-rending look at family, fame and falling in love.

An advocate for young readers and writers, Will was awarded the 2020 Maurice Saxby Award by the School Library Association of New South Wales for service to children’s and young adult literature and is an ambassador for the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and Australia Reads.

About the Sydney Writers' Festival:

Sydney Writers’ Festival is an annual celebration and showcase of leading Australian and international writers and creative thinkers. At Sydney Writers’ Festival events, you will be invited into the writers’ process, be exposed to new ideas and lines of questioning, and discover exceptional authors and inspiring literature.

Cost: Free

Age: 16+

Accessibility Information:

Georges River Libraries is committed to providing inclusive library services and programs. Please email library@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au or note down your requirements or support needs in your event registration.

Terms and conditions:

• For participants under the age of 16, parents and/or guardians of children must remain in the library for the duration of the program.
• If you arrive more than 10 minutes after the advertised start time and there are people in the standby queue, your ticket may be allocated to the standby queue.
• If you are unable to attend, please cancel your registration at least 3 hours prior to the event. As Library Programs have limited spaces, repeated failure to notify staff of cancellations may result in bookings being refused in the future.