Join us for an evening with Bri Lee to celebrate the release of her anticipated debut novel, ‘The Work’. A captivating story of art, power, love and money from the acclaimed and bestselling author of ‘Eggshell Skull’.
Bri will be in conversation with multi-award winning storymaker, presenter, performer, and musician Joel Carnegie. This conversation will be also be recorded and shared as an episode for Joel’s Storymakers Institute podcast series.
This event is presented in collaboration with our wonderful friends from Geelong indie bookshop The Book Bird who will have books available to purchase and have signed on the night.
Bri Lee is the multi-award winning author of Eggshell Skull, Beauty, and Who Gets to Be Smart. Her journalism, essays, and short stories have been published widely. She is also the creator and editor of News & Reviews, a weekly newsletter that provides smart takes, reviews and commentary on news and pop culture.
When: Monday 8th April, 6pm for 6.30pm start
Where: The KO Creative Studio, 1/14 Lambert Avenue, Newtown
Cost: Tickets are $30 and include a glass of local wine or non-alcoholic drink and cheese.
About the book:
Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying off. Pat is a scholarship boy desperate to establish himself in Sydney's antiquities scene. When they meet at New York's Armory Show their chemistry is instant — fighting about art and politics is just foreplay.
With an ocean between them they try to get back to work, but they're each struggling to balance money and ambition with the love of art that first drew them to their strange industry. Lally is a kingmaker, bringing exciting new talent to the world, so what's the problem if it's also making her rich? Pat can barely make his rent and he isn't sure if he's taking advantage of his clients or if they are taking advantage of him, and which would be worse? Their international affair ebbs and flows like the market while their aspirations and insecurities are driving them both towards career-ending mistakes.
If love costs and art takes, what price do we pay for wanting it all? The Work is about the biggest intersections of life: of art and commerce, of intimacy and distance, of talent and entitlement, and of labour and privilege. Dazzling, funny and unforgettable, it is an epic and forensic exploration of modern love and passion, politics and power.