Susan Choi: Flashlight
22 May 2026 – 23 May 2026
Tamworth Library
Event Description
A young girl searches for light after a tragic loss
Louisa goes for a walk along the beach with her father, but only she returns.
The new novel from Susan Choi, multi-award-winning writer including the National Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award, is a sweeping, international family drama that was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Flashlight, described by The Guardian as a return to the great American novel of the 20th century, beguiled readers for its examination of absence and silence in a small family rocked by the assumed death of Louisa’s father.
Join Susan as she discusses relationships and alienation in her new novel, in conversation with Beejay Silcox.
Supported by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea and the Korean Cultural Centre Australia.
When
22 May 2026 – 23 May 2026
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Tamworth Library
466 Peel Street
Tamworth NSW
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