Live Book Event: David Whish-Wilson, Author of The Sawdust House

Live Book Event: David Whish-Wilson, Author of The Sawdust House

David Whish-Wilson will be joining us LIVE to discuss his latest book The Sawdust House. David will also be taking questions.

David Whish-Wilson is the author of eight novels and three creative non-fiction books. He left Australia aged eighteen to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig. David’s first novel in the Frank Swann crime series, Line of Sight (Penguin Australia) was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award in 2012. He has since written three more in the series. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series, which was short-listed for a WA Premiers Book Award. David also teaches in the prison system in Perth and previously in Fiji, where he started the countries first prisoner writing program. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia with his partner and three kids, where he teaches creative writing at Curtin University.

Join David for this free LIVE event:

Wednesday, 7th of September 2022 at 8PM – 8:30PM AEST on the Better Reading Facebook page and Better Reading Youtube channel.

Buy a copy of The Sawdust House here.

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          Publisher details

          The Sawdust House
          Author
          David Whish-Wilson
          Publisher
          Fremantle Press
          Genre
          Fiction
          Released
          29 March, 2022
          ISBN
          9781760990374

          Synopsis

          San Francisco, 1856. Irish-born James ‘Yankee’ Sullivan is being held in jail by the Committee of Vigilance, which aims to rout the Australian criminals from the town. As Sullivan’s mistress, seeks his release and as his fellow prisoners are taken away to be hanged, the convict tells a story of triumph and tragedy: of his daring escape from penal servitude in Australia; how he became America’s most celebrated boxer; and how he met the true love of his life.
          David Whish-Wilson
          About the author

          David Whish-Wilson

          David Whish-Wilson is an acclaimed crime-writer and academic who grew up between NSW, Singapore, Victoria and WA. He left Australia aged eighteen to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, street-seller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug-trial guinea pig. He now lives in Fremantle and coordinates the creative writing program at Curtin University.

          Books by David Whish-Wilson

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