Body of Work: conversations with Australian literary icons

Celebrated Australian author Helen Garner will be joined by Michael Williams, editor of The Monthly to reflect on her writing life to date.

Helen Garner, as one of Australia’s most significant and renowned writers, needs little in the way of introduction. From her groundbreaking debut novel Monkey Grip (1977) to her latest, co-authored non-fiction work The Mushroom Tapes (2025, with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein) she continues to set the standard for fearless investigation into what makes us – and her – tick.

Touching on everything from her award-winning How to End A Story: Collected Diaries 1978–1998 (2025) to non-fiction favourite Joe Cinque’s Consolation (2004) and novels such as The Spare Room (2008), this event will be a celebration of Garner’s immense contribution to Australian letters and life across five decades.

This event is presented as part of Body of Work – a free, in-conversation series with some of Australia’s greatest living literary icons, presented by Fed Square and curated by author and bookseller Jaclyn Crupi.

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Doors will be open from 5.45pm
Limit of 2 registrations per booking. If you can no longer attend please cancel your tickets so we can offer them to someone else
Auslan interpreters can be provided upon request - please email info@fedsquare.com 10 days prior to the talk (27 July)

Contact the host of Body of Work: Helen Garner