Trent Dalton has captured the hearts of thousands of readers with his remarkable storytelling, but it is his live conversations that have most endeared him to festival audiences around the country. In this heart warming conversation with David Leser, Dalton takes us on his quest to understand love as a ‘sentimental writer’ on the streets of Brisbane during the pandemic.
Trent Dalton is the bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, All Our Shimmering Skies, and Love Stories.
David Leser is an award-winning journalist and author of seven books, including Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing, which explores patriarchy and misogyny in the age of #MeToo.
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