Author speaks about new novel

Author John Hughes will speak about his essays and new novel on Thursday, November 8, at Gospel Garden in Umina from 10:30am.

The author event is part of the celebrations for the National Year of Reading with a vote held earlier in the year to pick a book representative for each state.

More than 16,200 readers voted and John Hughes' collection of autobiographical essays The Idea of Home was voted the winning title for NSW.

Hughes will speak about the writing process and the publishing process as well as his new novel The Remnants.

Hughes grew up in a migrant household and said he has had a lifelong fascination with Europe and Australia's relationship to it.

He is currently senior master in English and senior librarian at Sydney Grammar School.

Email, 18 Oct 2012

Mandi McIntosh, Book Bazaar