ROBERT FORSTER
IN CONVERSATION with JON COGHILL
For generations of fans, from devoted listeners of The
Go-Betweens to readers of his journalism and memoir, Robert Forster’s debut novel offers something deeply familiar yet newly electric, brought to life in thrilling fiction.
It is a sharply funny love letter to creative persistence and artistic partnership that is as silly, profound and grand as the time and music it celebrates.
REVIEWS:
‘A comic odyssey, a crime thriller and a nuts-and-bolts account of making art. Not bad for one book!’ Paul Kelly
ABOUT – THE AUTHOR
Robert Forster is a Brisbane-born and based musician and writer.
In 1978 he co-founded, with friend and fellow singer-songwriter Grant McLennan, the internationally acclaimed rock band, The Go-Betweens. Their sixth album, 16 Lovers Lane, was placed at number 12 on The 100 Best Australian Albums list, and their ninth and last, Oceans Apart, won the 2005 ARIA award for Best Adult Contemporary Album.
In 2010, Brisbane honoured their cultural influence by naming a new river bridge the Go Between Bridge.
Robert’s parallel career as a writer began in 2005 when he was appointed music critic for The Monthly, and a year later he won the Geraldine Pascall Prize. A collection of his journalism, The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, was published in 2009.
In 2015, his alma mater, the University of Queensland, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters.
Robert’s memoir, Grant & I, was published in 2016.
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ABOUT – CONVERSATION PARTNER
Jon Coghill
Jon is a screenwriter, filmmaker, journalist and musician, with more than 30 years’ experience in the creative industries.
He played drums in the rock band Powderfinger, worked as a journalist for the ABC and co-founded the Sunny Coast Showdown, a not-for-profit film initiative.
