Gary Lonesborough presents Good Young Men

Good Young Men is a brilliant contemporary YA coming-of-age novel about three small-town Aboriginal friends finding their way towards adulthood, from the multi-award-winning author of The Boy from the Mish, We Didn't Think It Through and I'm Not Really Here.

Set in a coastal town, it is the story of four Aboriginal boys who grew up together then drift apart in high school, but everything changes for them the night Brandon is killed by a white cop. This story has racial tension, grief, explosive emotions, told from the point of view of the three remaining friends.

Please be aware of the following:

• Bookings are essential (each person needs a ticket)
• Books will be available for purchase at the event

Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin writer, who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. Gary was always writing as a child, and continued his creative journey when he moved to Sydney to study at film school. His young adult novels, The Boy from the Mish, We Didn't Think It Through, and I'm Not Really Here have been shortlisted for numerous awards.

Helena Fox is an author, poet and writing mentor. Her debut novel, How It Feels to Float, was published in 2019 with Dial/Penguin Random House (USA) and Pan Macmillan Australia. It won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Literature and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Writing for Young Adults in Australia, and was a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year in the U.S.