Tegan Bennett Daylight has led a life in books – as a writer, a teacher and a critic, but first and foremost as a reader. In this deeply insightful and intimate work, she describes how reading and life are interwined - her reading has nourished her life, and life has informed her reading. In both, it’s the details that matter. 
 
Each chapter is a revelation, and a celebration of how books offer not an escape from ‘real life’ but a richer engagement with the business of living.
 
The result is a work that will truly deepen your relationship with books, and with other readers. The delight is in the details.
Like all great art, The Details is about many things at once: among them birth and death, laughter and misery, mothers and children, the body and the spirit – and informing and transforming all this of course, it is about reading and the creation of a sustaining inner life…If you love reading, you’ll cherish this book for showing you why. CHARLOTTE WOOD
An intimate and wise celebration of the joy and solace we find in books. BOOKS & PUBLISHING
A virtual conversation
​The conversation will take place online via the Zoom videoconferencing app. When you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email. On the day of the event, you will receive a second email with a link to allow you into the event on Zoom.  Note that you don’t need to download Zoom in advance as it can be downloaded when you click on the event link which you will be sent on the day of the event. However we recommend downloading it in advance of the event if you haven’t already used it to avoid any difficulties on the day. ​

Ordering the book
Better Read than Dead, RSWWF’s bookseller, will send you the book postage-free. Order from their website here. If you buy the book from them, email reception@thewomensclub.com.au. We will send you a specially designed bookplate for this event signed by Tegan.

PARTICIPANTS

Tegan Bennett Daylight is a writer, teacher and critic who works as a lecturer in English and Creative Writing. She is the author of three novels: Bombora, What Falls Away and Safety, and a collection of short stories, Six Bedrooms, as well as several books for children and teenagers. The Details is her latest book.
Ashley Hay is a Brisbane-based novelist and essayist. She has published three novels and four books of narrative non-fiction. Her latest novel is A Hundred Small Lessonsas well as short stories and journalism She has been editor of Griffith Review since 2018.Her awards include the Foundation of Australian Literary Studies’ Colin Roderick Prize, the Peoples’ Choice from the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Bragg/UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. 
​​Date:  Tuesday 14 July 2020

Time: 6.00pm - 7.00pm (AEST)
Note: Bookings close 3pm on 14 July.
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Location: Zoom video conferencing app. To set up zoom download from zoom.us/download.
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​Bookings:  Tickets are $15.00. Women's Club members may book via the member portal for $10.00.
​We gratefully acknowledge our 2020 sponsor, Women on Boards.
We gratefully thank our bookseller partner, Better Read than Dead.