SWF Livestream - Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings

City Library, Friday 23 May, 2pm

Join us for Live & Local 2025, streamed live by Sydney Writers’ Festival and delivered locally to Shellharbour City Library.

Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage.

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The seventh novel of beloved chronicler of English life Alan Hollinghurst, Our Evenings, takes a life span as its material.

From the perspective of late middle age, Dave Win reflects on his life, from his childhood through to the self-discovery on the theatre stage and his attempt to understand his Burmese heritage. As a delicate exploration of identity, race, class and sexuality over a lifetime, this novel hones the craft of one of the finest writers of our age with tenderness and pleasure.

Credited with bringing queer literature to the mainstream with his Booker Prize–winning A Line of Beauty, Alan reflects on the complexity of self-exploration with Georgina Godwin.

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What should I know?

Free Event. Bookings are essential to secure your seat.

The livestream will be 1 hour long.

Who should attend?

Suitable for ages 16+