Readings Bookshop

We are excited to have Andrew Upton, Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer and director, join us to talk about his debut novel, Krank Fuss.

Set during the 1930s in Germany, just as fascism is taking hold, Krank Fuss, tells the story of one of a brood of chickens recently acquired by a WWI veteran from a neighbouring farm. Part allegory in the spirit of Animal Farm, part Art Brut parable, Krank Fuss unfolds against the background of an impending social catastrophe, unsettlingly echoing the world today. It is the story of the innocent discovering the cruelty of the natural world, seeking for another way that might allow the delicate Wonder of Life to peak above the nastiness, brutishness and brevity of her apparent Fate.

Free, but bookings are essential.