SWF Livestream: Alan Hollinghurst, Our Evenings

Next date: Friday, 23 May 2025 | 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM

A tender portrait of an English life from the 60s to today

The seventh novel of beloved chronicler of English life Alan Hollinghurst, Our Evenings, takes a life span as its material.

From the perspective of late middle age, Dave Win reflects on his life, from his childhood through to the self-discovery of the theatre stage and his attempt to understand his Burmese heritage. As a delicate exploration of identity, race, class and sexuality over a lifetime, this novel hones the craft of one of the finest writers of our age with tenderness and pleasure.

Credited with bringing queer literature to the mainstream with his Booker Prize–winning A Line of Beauty, Alan reflects on the complexity of self-exploration with Georgina Godwin.

Alan Hollinghurst appears thanks to the support of the Cuffley Foundation.

Supported by ARA.

SWF Live & Local @ Gerringong Library

This event is part of the Sydney Writers' Festival Live & Local program livestreaming direct from the Sydney Writers' Festival at Carriageworks to Gerringong Library from Thursday 22 May to Sunday 25 May.

Livestreamed sessions run over four days at Gerringong Library, and include the Moriarty sisters, Markus Zusak, Helen Garner, Gina Chick, Colm Tóibín, Ian Rankin, Jeff Kinney, Barry Cassidy and friends, and more.

Book individual sessions or a full day ticket.

Morning and afternoon tea is available between sessions (where indicated on the program) - stay for a chat!

Bookings are essential for this free event (if you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so someone else can have your place).

Book online or call 02 4233 1133.