Readers - Books and conversation with Markus Zusak

Name: Readers - Books and conversation with Markus Zusak
Start: 2025-11-12T10:00:00+11:00
Location: Petersham Bowling Club

Schedule

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Petersham Bowling Club | Marrickville, NS

Readers – Books and Conversation with Markus Zusak
Wednesday, November 12 | 8:00 PM

Readers – Books and Conversation, a monthly series celebrating books and readers through in-depth yet relaxed discussions with authors about their work, writing process, and the ideas that inspire them. Hosted by renowned interviewer and curator Michaela Kalowski.

Join us for an unforgettable evening with acclaimed Australian author Markus Zusak as he speaks about his powerful and adored novel The Book Thief. Since its publication in 2005, The Book Thief has sold over seventeen million copies, been translated into sixty-three languages, and appeared at the top of favourite-reading lists, year after year, around the world.
For a generation, it has served to illuminate the unfathomable events of a horrifying time through the eyes of the youthful Liesel - where books, words and stories form a lens of deepest empathy.
A defining literary classic of the twenty-first century, The Book Thief will continue to mesmerise readers for generations to come.
About The Book Thief
Liesel's brother dies on the children's journey to a new home. At his graveside, she steals a copy of The Gravedigger's Handbook.
This first act of book thievery leads to Liesel's love affair with words. Soon she is stealing books wherever she can, from the mayor's wife's library to Nazi book burnings.
But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a young stranger in their basement, her world is both shut down and opened up in the most startling of ways. And Liesel will soon understand - the story of war is countless stories, and this one is only beginning.
Markus Zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels and one memoir. His work has been translated into more than sixty languages, and The Book Thief was a New York Times bestseller for more than a decade. His work has also been adapted into film, television and theatre, and has won numerous honours around the world, ranging from literary prizes to bookseller and readers' choice awards. He lives and writes in Sydney.
Don’t miss this very special event and opportunity to hear Markus Zusak reflect on The Book Thief and how it came into being, as well as his long writing career and what he’s learned about how he writes.
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