In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the middle of the Icelandic winter.

That night she sleeps off her jet lag and bewilderment in the National Archives of Iceland, unaware that, years later, she will return to the same building to write Burial Rites, the haunting novel that will go on to capture the hearts of readers across the globe.

Always Home, Always Homesick is Hannah Kent's exquisite love letter to a land that has forged a nation of storytellers, her ode to the transcendent power of creativity, and her invitation to us all to join her in the realms of mystery, spirit and wonder. Join her in conversation with Michaela Kalowski.

Hannah Kent Bio: Hannah Kent is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is the author of the bestselling novels Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion, and her original feature film, Run Rabbit Run, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Hannah is the co-founder of Kill Your Darlings and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald and Vogue Australia among others. Her most recent book is Always Home, Always Homesick: A Memoir of Iceland.

Michaela Kalowski Bio: Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Tim Winton and Stan Grant. She's curator of Big Weekend of Books, ABC Radio National's on-air writers' festival.She produces and hosts a monthly books conversation event for Petersham Bowling Club. Michaela has conducted radio interviews and presented programs across ABC radio and TV. She's co-presenter and co-writer of a two-part podcast for ABC Radio National, tracing part of her family's history, called Laya's Way Home.

Don't miss Hannah in conversation with our wonderful Readers host Michaela Kalowski on Thursday the 22nd of May from 8pm.