Meet Trent Dalton

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Enjoy a robust evening with celebrated Australian author and journalist Trent Dalton at the Events Centre, Caloundra on Tuesday 24 October 2023.

Trent will talk about his latest book Lola in the Mirror with popular Sunshine Coast radio presenter Caroline Hutchinson. Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies and Love Stories.

His books have sold over 1.5 million copies in Australia alone. The critically acclaimed international and national bestseller, Boy Swallows Universe broke records to become the fastest selling Australian debut novel ever. It was adapted to a smash-hit theatrical production by Queensland Theatre Company and will shortly be seen as a major Netflix series.

His second novel, All Our Shimmering Skies (HarperCollins, 2020), was a number-one national bestseller and was shortlisted for the 2021 ABIA Awards. Trent’s non-fiction book Love Stories (HarperCollins, 2021) was also a number-one Australian bestseller and the winner of the 2022 Indie Book of the Year Award.

Trent is a two-time winner of a Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism, a four-time winner of a Kennedy Award for Excellence in NSW Journalism and a four-time winner of the national News Awards Features Journalist of the Year.