I Made This Just For You Launch: Chris Ames In Conversation With Briohny Doyle
Thu, 23 July
|Better Read Than Dead
Join us for an evening conversation between Chris Ames and Briohny Doyle to discuss and celebrate the release of I Made This Just For You.
Time & Location
23 July 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
About The Event
Join us for a wonderful talk between Chris Ames and bestselling Australian author Briohny Doyle to celebrate the launch of I Made This Just For You. Food and drinks will be provided before and after the talk, followed by a Q&A and signing.
About The Book:
Written under the spell of writers like Catherine Lacey, Miranda July and Ling Ma, the characters in I Made This Just for You are perfect avatars of modern life. They work in tech, take designer drugs, assemble Ikea furniture, pursue beauty matching, and rehabilitate their reputations – all while grappling with a perilous sense of unease, held hostage by economic focuses beyond their control.
In the titular story, a new father simulates intimacy online in order to pay for his son’s operation. In ‘Charlie & Charlie & Charlie', a genderless couple engages in a series of plastic surgeries to look more alike. ‘The Gesture’…
Tickets
General Admission
$10.00
+$0.25 ticket service fee
Admission + Book
This ticket includes a copy of I Made This Just For You, admission to the event and complimentary wine and snacks.
$45.00
+$1.13 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00