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Hanging out at the Brisbane Writers Festival

Monday, September 10, 2012

+Google Play partnered with the +Brisbane Writers Festival to bring together readers with their favourite authors, including Claire Bidwell Smith, +Toni Jordan, +Chris Flynn, +Chris Turney, +Krissy Kneen and +Peter Barry, in a series of interviews via Hangouts on Air from the Brisbane Writers Festival over the weekend of 8th and 9th September.
Some of the highlights of the weekend included Professor Chris Turney unexpectedly pulling out a replica skull of the Hobbit from his backpack to describe the expedition he took part in which lead to the discovery of the remains of this prehistoric human being.

Chris Turney showing his hobbit replica skull at the Brisbane Writers Festival

After the Hangout, author Chris Turney tweeted that for him hangouts are “a complete game changer” - http://goo.gl/7WQw8

In another Hangout we had Toni Jordan admitting that as a novelist, she could be compared to her heroine, the con artist in Fall Girl, whose compulsive lies could be construed as great, believable story-telling.

Claire Bidwell Smith, a grief counsellor, explored the five stages of grief in her memoir The Rules of Inheritance. It’s an incredibly raw piece of writing, and her advice for people going through a similar loss was riveting. And as a US visiting Australia for the first time, her passion for our sausage rolls is entertaining.

Krissy Kneen reminded us that she does not write erotica but does write pornographic texts. Her explanation of how to differentiate the two is enlightening. She discussed the impact of EL James and what is like when she meets her readers knowing that they are familiar with the intimate details of her sex life thanks to her memoir Affection.

If you didn't manage to see them live, you can view the G+ Hangouts on YouTube.

Inspired to get back into reading? The Brisbane Writers Festival featured some very well known authors and you can check out some of their bestselling books from the festival here on Google Play.

Happy Reading!

Posted by Louise Sherwin Stark and Leticia Lentini - We read books for Google

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