Jessie Tu Author Talk
Thu, 22 May
|Five Dock Library
Join us for an engaging author talk with Jessie Tu as she discusses her latest book, The Honeyeater. This special event is presented in collaboration with the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Time & Location
22 May 2025, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Five Dock Library, Level 1/4/12 Garfield St, Five Dock NSW 2046, Australia
About The Event
About the author
Jessie Tu is a journalist for Women's Agenda. Her debut novel, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, won the ABIA for 2020 Literary Fiction Book of the Year. The Honeyeater is her second novel.
About the book
Young academic and emerging translator Fay takes her mother on a package tour holiday to France to celebrate her birthday. It's a chance for the two of them to take a break from work and have a little fun, but they both find it hard to relax. Her mother seems reluctant to leave their room in the evening, and Fay is working on a difficult translation. On their last night in France, Fay receives the shattering news that her former lover has suddenly died.
Back in Sydney, Fay seeks solace from her mentor, Professor Samantha Egan-Smith, who offers her a spot at a prestigious translation conference in Taipei. But can she…