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18 September 2018

September Book Club: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

September Book Club: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

We’re super excited about this next Book Club, and we think you’re going to love it. This month we’ll be reading and talking about Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton.

A story of brotherhood, true love and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe will be the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novel you will read all year.

Purchase a copy of Boy Swallows Universe here || read a review here

About The Author:

Trent Dalton is a staff writer for The Weekend Australian Magazine and former assistant editor of The Courier Mail. He’s a two-time winner of a Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism, a three-time winner of a Kennedy Award for Excellence in NSW Journalism and a four-time winner of the national News Awards Features Journalist of the Year.

Special guests Trent Dalton (author) and Catherine Milne (publisher).

The Book Club is streamed live to our Facebook page at 8pm (AEST) on Wednesday 26th of Spetember 2018.
Make sure to tune in and bring your questions with you.

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        Publisher details

        Boy Swallows Universe
        Author
        Trent Dalton
        Publisher
        HarperCollins
        Genre
        Fiction
        Released
        18 March, 2019
        ISBN
        9781460757765

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        Synopsis

        Voted #1 in the Better Reading Top 100 of 2025…Brisbane, 1985: A lost father, a mute brother, a junkie mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli Bell's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart and understand what it means to be a good man, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his way - not the least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer.But now Eli's life is going to get a whole lot more serious: he's about to meet the father he doesn't remember, break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day to rescue his mum, come face to face with the criminals who tore his world apart, and fall in love with the girl of his dreams.A story of brotherhood, true love and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe will be the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novel you will read all year.
        Trent Dalton
        About the author

        Trent Dalton

        Trent Dalton is the author of Boy Swallows Universe (HarperCollins, 2018), a critically acclaimed national bestseller and winner of the 2019 Indie Book of the Year Award, the MUD Literary Prize, and the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and the People's Choice Award at the 2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. At the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards, the book won a record four awards, including the prestigious Book of the Year Award. Boy Swallows Universe has been published across thirty-four English language and translation territories. His second novel, All Our Shimmering Skies, was published by HarperCollins in October 2020 and has also become a national bestseller. He's also a two-time winner of a Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism, a four-time winner of a Kennedy Award for Excellence in NSW Journalism and a four-time winner of the national News Awards Features Journalist of the Year.

        Photo credit: David Kelly

        Books by Trent Dalton

        Boy Swallows Universe
        Trent Dalton

        Boy Swallows Universe

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        All Our Shimmering Skies
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        All Our Shimmering Skies

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        Love Stories
        Trent Dalton

        Love Stories

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        Lola in the Mirror
        Trent Dalton

        Lola in the Mirror

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        Gravity Let Me Go
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        Gravity Let Me Go

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