Sydney Writers' FestivalEmily St John Mandel: Art and Survival
On the last night of the old world order a famous stage actor, Arthur Leander, collapses and dies on stage in Toronto while performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening, a deadly strain of flu sweeps North America. Twenty years later, a ragtag troupe of entertainers travel the emerging settlements as a new danger threatens to engulf them. This is not your every day apocalypse. Hear National Book Award shortlisted author Emily St John Mandel in conversation with Michael Robotham about her breakthrough novel, Station Eleven.
