Julie Keys on The Artist's Portrait
Wed, 10 Apr
|Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead
Feisty artistic genius Muriel Kemp is one of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction. The Artist's Portrait is about art, sacrifice & making your place in history. With mysterious deaths, it's a beguiling, genre-bending page-turner. Author Julie Keys is in conversation with Pip Smith.
Time & Location
10 Apr 2019, 6:30 pm
Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead, 265 King Street, Newtown NSW, Australia
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About The Event
Meet the feisty artistic genius Muriel Kemp: one of the most memorable characters in recent Australian fiction. The Artist's Portrait by Julie Keys is about art, sacrifice, and making your place in history. It features mysterious deaths and fateful decisions. It's a beguiling genre-bending page-turner. It announces an exciting new voice in Australian fiction. Julie is in conversation with author Pip Smith.
This is a free event but RSVPs are essential. Reserve your place now!
About the Book
Whatever it was that drew me to Muriel, it wasn't her charm.
In 1992, morning sickness drives Jane to pre-dawn walks of her neighbourhood where she meets an unfriendly woman who sprays her with a hose as she passes by. When they do talk: Muriel Kemp eyes my pregnant belly and tells me if I really want to succeed, I'd get rid of the baby.
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Your ticket to the launch, plus a pre-ordered copy of The Artist's Portrait.
$32.99
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