Brunswick Bound Books

Louisa Deasey  is a Melbourne-based writer who has published widely, including in  Overland ,  Vogue ,  The Australian , and  The Saturday Age .  Her first memoir,  Love and Other U-Turns , was nominated for the Nita B. Kibble Award for women writers. Louisa will be reading from A Letter From Paris at First Chapters on Friday 7 June . 1. Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a piece from your published work.  Tell us what we can expect from the piece you have chosen? I’m going to read a little that gives you a taste of the unanswered questions I had about my father my entire life, and why I never looked into his life until this A Letter From Paris arrived. 2. How would you describe the kind of books that you write? Memoir. I studied Creative Non-Fiction at RMIT and have always loved the personal essay. Both my published books are memoir – even though A Letter From Paris has a lot of biography and history, too! I ...

Elizabeth Coleman  is the author of four published plays, including the smash hits  Secret Bridesmaids' Business  and  It's My Party (And I'll Die If I Want To) . Her theatre writing has also appeared in several anthologies. As a screenwriter Elizabeth adapted  Secret Bridesmaids' Business  into an award-winning ABC telemovie and has written for many of Australia's most popular dramas, including  Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries  and  Bed of Roses , which she co-created with Jutta Goetze.  Losing the Plot  is her first novel. Elizabeth will be reading from her novel Losing the Plot at First Chapters on Friday 7 June. 1.  Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a piece from your published work.  Tell us what we can expect from the piece you have chosen? I’ve chosen the opening chapter because I think it’s the best introduction to my central character V...

Emily Brewin  is a Melbourne-based author and educator. She has been awarded an Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writers' and Illustrators' Mentorship for her fiction writing, and has been shortlisted for Hachette Australia's Manuscript Development Program and Varuna's Publisher Introduction Program. She was recently awarded a 2018 Moreland writer's residency and a 2018 Bundanon Trust artist residency to develop her third novel,  The Piano .  Emily's short stories have been short listed for a number of literary awards, including the 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize, Alan Marshall Short Story Award, Overland's Fair Australia Prize and the Elyne Mitchell Writing Awards. Her work has been published in Feminartsy, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Mamamia, Shine, Metro and Screen Education magazines. Emily will be reading from her novel Small Blessings   at First Chapters   on Friday 7 ...