Past Event

Author Event: Charlotte Wood Talks About Animal People

29th Nov 2011

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Presenter: Allen and Unwin
Website: http://www.allenandunwin.com/
Event Duration: 120 minutes

Come meet Charlotte Wood at Bella Union, have a drink and hear Charlotte speak about her new novel Animal People!

Animal People follows Stephen Connelly through the course of one stiflingly hot summer day – a day that becomes one of the worst of his life. It’s the day he has decided to break up with his girlfriend for no good reason at all, yet before he gets to that point, a series of incidents occur – fending off his demanding family, enduring another shift at his dead-end job working the chip fryer in the zoo kiosk, an excruciating team building seminar, facing his girlfriend’s aggressive, successful barrister ex-husband and the hysteria of a 5-year-old’s birthday party!

Animal People is a sharply observed portrait of urban life, a meditation on the conflicted nature of how we treat each other, with an underlying feeling of unease that makes you question your own values, attitudes and actions.

If you are on twitter spread the word and follow us for more updates! We’ll be giving away limited free copies of Animal People on the night so arrive early!

Charlotte on Twitter: @charlotteshucks
Allen & Unwin on Twitter: @allenandunwin
Bella Union on Twitter: @bella_union
Hashtag: #animalpeople

For more information about Animal People CLICK HERE!