Join Tim Winton as he reflects on his forty-year friendship with Helen Garner and offers a maverick view of her life’s work.

Tim Winton is the author of thirty books. He has won the Miles Franklin Award four times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Voted a National Living Treasure by the National Trust in 1997, he is also an honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2023, in recognition of his contribution to literature and the environment, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.

This event is supported by the Forrest Research Foundation.

Date: Monday 28 July 2025

Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Location: Dolphin Theatre, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley WA 6009

Cost: Free (Registration is essential)

Please note: Seating is unassigned at this event