Author chat with Kate Scott
Fri, 10 Mar
|Better Read Than Dead
Join Kate Scott to celebrate the release her latest book, Compulsion. Kate will be in conversation with Irene Diakanastasis.


Time & Location
10 Mar 2023, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
Set against the backdrop of the new millennium, a seductive summer read about obsession, sex, friendship and music from an exciting new talent. It's the turn of the new millennium, and the bright young things are partying like it's the end of the world. Dark glamour and debauched music reign, gigs culminating with everyone on stage - or undressed. Lucy, editor of a music magazine, is at the blazing neon centre, ecstatically seeking oblivion. But as her life (featuring a stalker, a not-quite ex-husband, and an affair with a cold, charismatic musician) veers from complicated to chaotic, she burns it all down, decamping to the remote seaside town of her childhood -- to start again. In Abergele, Lucy recreates her old existence in hothouse miniature. Past friends and compulsions reappear, along with new fascinations. One of them is Robin, photographer and lonely son of a famous producer. Recognising in each…
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