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Christos Tsiolkas (Photo credit Zoe Ali)
Jonty Claypole (Photo credit Matt Burlem)
Sophie Gee
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Secret Life of Books LIVE with Christos Tsiolkas

On the lasting impact of the modern Australian classic

Christos Tsiolkas (Photo credit Zoe Ali)
Jonty Claypole (Photo credit Matt Burlem)
Sophie Gee
Sunday 11 October 2026
12-1pm
Event Code: SL54
State Library of NSW, Library Auditorium
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It was the slap heard around the country.

In this live edition of the literary podcast Secret Life of Books, hosts Jonty Claypole and Sophie Gee speak with writer Christos Tsiolkas about his Booker Prize–longlisted novel The Slap. Adapted for tv in both Australia and the US, this contemporary epic about the social and moral lines dividing suburbia is a daring modern classic.

Join Christos with Jonty and Sophie as they discuss the iconic Australian story and its position within Christos’s wider literary career.

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State Library of NSW, Library Auditorium
Macquarie Street Wing, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
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