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Liane Moriarty and David Nicholls

What happens when your stories of everyday life go global?

Liane Moriarty (Über Photography)
David Nicholls (Photo credit Sophia Spring)
Wednesday 21 May 2025
6-7pm
Event Code: 1
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International bestselling novelists Liane Moriarty and David Nicholls share the experience of seeing their powerful local stories turn into bingeable television series and films.

Liane’s Big Little Lies was the first book by an Australian to debut at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list and, since then, all 10 of her novels have been optioned for screen adaptation.

David executive produced the Netflix adaptation of his bestselling novel One Day and has written screen adaptations for Far from the Madding Crowd and Great Expectations.

Join Liane and David as they talk about their new books, Here One Moment and You Are Here, and being sensations across page and screen. With host Claire Nichols (ABC Radio National’sThe Book Show).
Nicholls has an extraordinary ability to capture the absurdity of modern life in pithy textural details.
The Guardian
Liane Moriarty produces novels that are miracles of structure as well as human insight
The Sydney Morning Herald
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