Writers in the Library - Deborah Pike

Writers in the Library - Deborah Pike

Join us for our final Writers in the Library session for 2024, with Deborah Pike discussing her debut novel ‘The Players’.

By City of Mandurah - Libraries

Date and time

Tuesday, November 19 · 12 - 2pm AWST

Location

City of Mandurah - Mandurah Library

331 Pinjarra Road Mandurah, WA 6210 Australia

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

What to Expect:

12noon – Light Lunch

12.30pm – Author Presentation

1.30pm – Book Signing


About the Book

One hot summer, a group of university students gathers in an orchard to rehearse a play.

Veronika is born for a life on the stage while Felix seizes his last chance for creative freedom. Sebastian woos Veronika, and Cassie longs for Sebastian. Josh and Gloria each carry a secret they are unable to share.

Passion, rivalry and enduring connections will bind the Players across years and continents, long after the final curtain falls and they leave university behind. From Perth to Paris, Cambridge, London, Berlin and Dili the friends search for meaning in their careers and friendship, discover love and endure heartbreak.

About the Author

Deborah is a writer and academic based in Sydney. She grew up in Northam and Perth, Western Australia. She has an Honours degree in English from the University of Western Australia, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is an associate professor of English Literature at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, and is a winner of an Australian Government Award for University Teaching. Deborah has travelled widely and lived in Paris for several years, where she held positions at Shakespeare & Company Bookstore, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the University of Paris VII and the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). She is the author of The Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald, which was shortlisted for the AUHE award in literary criticism. The Players is her first novel.

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For any questions please email manlib@mandurah.wa.gov.au.