The Bookshop Bowral presents morning tea with greatly acclaimed and much-loved Australian writer Sofie Laguna - author of Miles Franklin winner The Eye of the Sheep and best-seller The Choke.
You're invited to the Southern Highlands launch event Sofie's long-awaited new novel, The Underworld.
It's a novel for every reader you know: thinkers, laughers, empaths, quirky folk, queer folk, nostalgists, the young and those getting on. Readers seeking a happy ending and anyone ready to feel. Anyone who has ever been fourteen.
Enjoy morning tea, the beautiful setting of Centennial Vineyards Restaurant and bookish company as we celebrate Sofie's latest literary accomplishment. Sofie will be in conversation with our own Marie Fitzpatrick, followed by an audience Q&A and book-signing.
About The Underworld
Martha Mullins is a misfit. Her mother is glamorous, aloof and judgemental. Her father, mostly absent. Academic and shy, Martha finds herself fascinated by the underworld, a place she learns about in Roman mythology classes at school. To Martha, the underworld and its divine inhabitants provide a place of refuge, escape, imagination and desire.
But Martha also finds joy in friendship. Connection. Intimacy. It’s Martha’s band of friends who show her the value in spontaneity, fun, laughter.
Until things go wrong.
How will Martha find her way in the world where she cannot be herself? Will she ever find a home for the love she feels?
The Underworld is a wondrous novel from an author who wields her considerable powers with assuredness and grace. Funny, brave, insightful and clever, Martha will break your heart – then mend it – many times over.
About Sofie Laguna
Sofie Laguna has written four novels for adults which have won numerous literary awards, including the Miles Franklin Award, the Colin Roderick Award and the Indie Award. She has also been shortlisted for the Stella Prize, the ALS Gold Medal, the Voss Award, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Sofie’s many books for children have been published in the US and the UK and in translation in Europe and Asia, and been named Honour and Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
More about the event
Tickets include morning tea - tea and coffee, with savoury and sweet treats to eat.
Our guest will sign books at the event.
If you have food or seating requests, please let us know at least a week before the event by emailing books@thebookshopbowral.com.au - after that time, we might not be able to accommodate your request.
If you are unable to attend this event but would like a book signed, please call The Bookshop Bowral on 02 4862 1634 to place your order. We can even arrange to have a book dedicated to you or a friend.
