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Better Together

09 Oct
BOOK

ABOUT THE SHOW

Allanah Hunt & Anna Whateley in conversation with Rhianna Patrick

Buried secrets. Messy friendships. Unhappy families. The pain and promise of first love. The challenge of forgiveness. In these two candid and heart-wrenching novels, characters wrestle with emotional and physical adversity as they come to terms with their past and learn how to reimagine their future.

PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr Allanah Hunt is a queer Kurnu-Barkindji and Malyangapa woman. She is an academic at the University of Queensland, editor and writer. She has published many short stories and won several awards for her writing. Her first book, Forever & Ever, a YA novel, has been released by TEXT Publishing.
Illustrated book cover for Forever & Ever by Allanah Hunt, featured at the Brisbane Writers Festival, showing a young woman with long red hair and a young man with short dark hair standing back to back, with trees and buildings in the background.

Anna Whateley lives in Meanjin on Turrbul and Yuggera land. She has always worked in literature and education and holds a PhD in young adult fiction. As an author, Anna writes young adult fiction and has contributed to multiple anthologies on disability, ADHD and autism.
Illustrated cover of Tearing Myself Together by Anna Whateley, featured at Brisbane Writers Festival, shows three girls in a boat on swirling water, with a quote by Kay Kerr and the tagline "Who's going to pick you up when you fall apart?.

Rhianna Patrick is a Torres Strait Islander journalist, broadcaster and writer.

BOOK

PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES

Fri 9 Oct 2026
6:30PM

VENUE

Fairfax Studio

TICKETS

Admit
$20*
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DURATION

60 minutes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Suitable for All ages

18 months and under free on the knee; all other ages must hold a valid ticket

ACCESSIBILITY

  • wheelchair_accessible

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Presented by Brisbane Writers Festival in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr Allanah Hunt is a queer Kurnu-Barkindji and Malyangapa woman. She is an academic at the University of Queensland, editor and writer. She has published many short stories and won several awards for her writing. Her first book, Forever & Ever, a YA novel, has been released by TEXT Publishing.
Illustrated book cover for Forever & Ever by Allanah Hunt, featured at the Brisbane Writers Festival, showing a young woman with long red hair and a young man with short dark hair standing back to back, with trees and buildings in the background.

Anna Whateley lives in Meanjin on Turrbul and Yuggera land. She has always worked in literature and education and holds a PhD in young adult fiction. As an author, Anna writes young adult fiction and has contributed to multiple anthologies on disability, ADHD and autism.
Illustrated cover of Tearing Myself Together by Anna Whateley, featured at Brisbane Writers Festival, shows three girls in a boat on swirling water, with a quote by Kay Kerr and the tagline "Who's going to pick you up when you fall apart?.

Rhianna Patrick is a Torres Strait Islander journalist, broadcaster and writer.