Jason Steger, Literary Editor, The Age
The Boisbouvier Founding Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne – that’s Man Booker winner Richard Flanagan to you and me – is making his first public appearance in his new capacity as a professor on April 28 when he will be interviewing Paul Kelly about books, writing and the way writing influences his music.
Along the way, Kelly will talk about Seven Sonnets & A Song, his album that marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (today, Saturday, April 23).
Kelly will also perform a track or two from the new album.
Flanagan says Kelly is one of the best readers he knows. “He thinks deeply about it,” he said, “and this is a different way of talking about Australian literature and the largeness of it.”
There’s no danger of Flanagan singing, though, but he might clap along (with one hand).
events.unimelb.edu.au
