Read Brisbane

Planning your visit to Brisbane for the IFLA Information Futures Summit this September?

Why not enrich your visit by reading/listening to one of these stories set in the River City and get a sense of the places and people that make the capital of Queensland so special.

Here are some titles to get you started. If you have any other suggestions please let us know.

• He Died with a Felafel in His Hand – John Birmingham
• When Things Happen Together – Jordan Clayden-Lewis
• Everything is Water and The Comfort of Figs – Simon Cleary
• Three Crooked Kings series – Matthew Condon
• A River with a City Problem – Margaret Cook
• Lola in the Mirror, Love Stories, and Boy Swallow Universe (now a Netflix miniseries) – Trent Dalton
• Zigzag Street – Nick Earls
• The Garden of Hopes and Dreams – Barbara Hannay
• The Fragments – Toni Jordon
• Edenglassie – Melissa Lucashenko
• Over the Top with Jim – Hugh Lunn
• Last Drinks and Praise – Andrew McGahan
• Johnno – David Malouf
• Fourteen – Shannon Molloy
• The Promise Seed – Cass Moriarty
• Brisbane Bookshops – Anne Richards and Matthew Wengert (Edited by)
• The Mayne Inheritance – Rosamond Siemon
• The Codebreakers – Alli Sinclair
• Pig City – Andrew Stafford
• The Boundary – Nicole Watson
• City in Masks – Matthew Wengert
• Henry Hamlet’s Heart – Rhiannon Wilde
• The Accidental Present – Ross Wilson

You might also enjoy one (or more!) of these books for Children and Young Adults set in Brisbane:

• Borderland – Graham Akhurst
• Flood – Jackie French
• The Flying Orchestra – Clare McFadden
• Alex and the Watermelon Boat – Christopher McKimmie
• The Secret Battle – Pamela Rushby

Remember to share your ‘read’ on social media with the hashtag #IFLAREADBrisbane

Happy reading!