2010 Writers at the Convent
February 7th 2010 13:06
Harper Collins Publishers to welcome their guests to the 2010 Writers at the Convent event (12–14 February), held in the historic grounds of Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne. Writers appearing over the weekend include Elizabeth Bard, Carmel Bird and Kirsten Tranter.
Elizabeth Bard is an American journalist and art historian. Her writing about art, travel and digital culture has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Time Out and The Huffington Post, and she writes a popular blog, ‘Lunch in Paris: Discovering Paris one meal at a time’.
Kirsten Tranter’s debut novel The Legacy is due for release in February and is the most anticipated fiction debut of 2010. As daughter of literary agent Lyn Tranter and poet John Tranter, Kirsten is heir to her own legacy. She grew up in Sydney and lived in New York from 1998 to 2006, where she completed a PhD on English Renaissance literature at Rutgers University.
Already widely reviewed to great acclaim, The Legacy will be this year’s literary sensation, securing for Kirsten success in her own right. She currently lives in Sydney with her husband and son.
'Her characters are beautifully observed and written, without a false note. While The Legacy appears to be a makeover of the Henry James masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady, Tranter has made it her own’ Courier Mail
The Reader’s Feast Writers at the Convent festival is presented in association with the University of Melbourne’s Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers.
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