9 February 2010
7.00 pm
Nick Gadd, author of the award-winning novel Ghostlines, will be discussing his favourite books on his ‘bedside table’.
Date: Tuesday 9 February, 7.00 pm
Venue: Altona Library, 123 Queen Street
Free but bookings essential: Phone 03 9932 1330 or email library@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
For more information visit: hobsonsbaylibraries.vic.gov.au
The Bedside Books Club is a partnership between State Library of Victoria and Hobsons Bay Libraries and the concept is a guest writer and a guest reader talk about the books on their bedside table and then the discussion is opened up to the audience to talk about one that they have loved.
Winner of 2009 Ned Kelly Award, Best First Fiction
Shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards 2008
Winner of the 2007 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript
‘Ghostlines is rough cut, grainy and good … earthy and exciting, with a bluesy, wistful air.’ — Kathy Hunt (Australian)
A thriller with a neat psychological twist, Gadd’s Trudeau is a convincing central character whose own story is just as compelling as the mystery at the heart of the story … Gadd neatly avoids the cliches of the genre — Trudeau may fit the crime fiction mould, but his story and personality is strong enough to stand on its own.’ — Sadie Killen (Herald Sun)
‘With Ghostlines and the Trudeau character, Gadd has created an opportunity for a series of novels, perhaps even a rival for Shane Maloney’s wonderful and wonderfully funny Murray Whelan series.’ — Seamus Bradley (Sunday Age, Read of the Week)
‘Nick has written a crisp, clever, economical, satisfyingly rounded crime thriller. And not just an effective thriller, but a good book … Nick writes in a lean, stripped-down prose, shorn of ornamentation and effect. He has written about a journalist; but he’s also written like a journalist, at least an old-fashioned one before real estate became such an important consideration.’ — Gideon Haigh
‘This is an atmospheric, intriguing and spooky debut by a Melbourne writer who won last year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.’ — Frank Walker (Sun Herald)
‘Trudeau is a marvellously flawed hero, driven by the ghosts of this past and mired in a world where everything is falling apart around him … Crime fans will enjoy the compelling narrative, the succinct writing and the pleasing lack of blood, gore and psychopathic behaviour that mars most contemporary crime stories. I suspect and hope that this isn’t the last we see of Trudeau. FOUR STARS’ — (Bookseller & Publisher)
Ghostlines ‘packs a very strong narrative punch as it tells the story of a one-time respected investigative journalist who has stepped on the wrong toes … Strong dialogue, a tight structure, and an exceptional narrative voice take the reader on a journey to a provocative conclusion.’ — Judges, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
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