What writers read

6-7pm, Tuesday 21 October 2025 at Five Leaves Left, 41 Victoria St Hobart

Join publisher, musician and author Adam Ouston as he talks to writer and editor Jane Rawson about his ‘book of the year so far’, David Szalay’s Flesh, “a propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp”. Get in before it wins the Booker and impress your friends with your profound comprehension of contemporary literature

Tickets include a can of wine or mocktail. Want just a ticket? You can buy that here for $10. Want a ticket plus a copy of the book? You can buy that here for $40 (then pick up your book at Five Leaves Left).

Adam Ouston is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, and the recipient of the 2014 Erica Bell Literary Award as well as the manuscript prize at the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Awards in 2017. His debut novel Waypoints was shortlisted for the the Tasmanian Literary Awards and ALS Gold Medal and longlisted for the Miles Franklin. He has worked as a copywriter, editor and bookseller and is now the publisher at Evercreech Editions.