Ernest Hunter’s Vicarious Dreaming: With Jack Idriess on Madman’s Island documents a series of personal voyages between Cooktown and the Torres Strait that are interwoven with accounts of exploration, exploitation and escape. The travels and tales coalesce around the works of Ion ‘Jack’ Idriess and the lives of solitary men at the edge of the world. Come along to hear Hunter discuss his book with Gary Foley.

Free, but please book here.

Celebrating 50 years of Readings

Readings is celebrating our 50 year history in 2019. To honour the stories that have emerged from the books on our shelves, we are hosting 50 special events that illustrate passion, artistry and Australian literature. We hope you will join us.This is our 30th event of the series.