Past Event

Under Stones by Bob Franklin and Nineteen Seventysomething by Barry Divola

16th Feb 2010

Presenter: Affirm Press
Website: http://www.affirmpress.com.au
Event Duration: 120 minutes

Affirm Press launches the first two titles in its Long Story Shorts series. Comedian Bob Franklin reveals a dark side in Under Stones, his first book, a bruising collection more likely to stop hearts than split sides. These are tales of unease, set in familiar surrounds and whispered in your ear by a charismatic stranger.

Sydney author Barry Divola deftly evokes the awkward, exhilarating and intimately familiar journey of teenage awakening in Nineteen Seventysomething. This book is a delightful requiem for bygone days set against a background of vinyl, Valiants and dragstar bikes.