Universality: Natasha Brown
in Conversation

Wednesday 4 March | 6pm

National Library of Australia

One of the most exciting voices in contemporary British fiction, Natasha Brown joins us for a special In Conversation event exploring her bold new novel Universality.

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Sharp, unsettling, and darkly funny, Universality probes the slippery boundaries between truth and fiction, reality and performance. Through a cast of characters expertly wielding language for power, profit, and influence, Brown exposes how cultural narratives are shaped and who gets to control them.

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Set on an abandoned Yorkshire farm occupied by a group of hippie-anarchists, the novel begins with a shocking act of violence: their leader is killed with a solid gold bar. An ambitious young journalist’s exposé goes viral, but as the story fractures into multiple perspectives - a disgraced banker, a secretive columnist, a dream-driven cult leader, and a fugitive with nothing left to lose - the truth becomes far more elusive.

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Join Natasha Brown in conversation with Nicole Abadee for an evening examining storytelling, media, power, and the dangerous seduction of a good narrative.

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“One of the most intelligent voices writing today” – The Guardian
“A powerful new voice in British literature” – The Times