Launch of A Short History of Longans Readings Carlton (Naarm)

We are delighted to have Mirandi Riwoe join us to discuss her latest historical novel, A Short History of Longans.

It's the winter of 2049 and Daniel is elderly and long isolated. Soon after yet another devastating storm, this time destroying his beloved longan tree, he finds his fragile peace threatened by a growing friendship with a widowed neighbour and the appearance of a young reporter digging into a shameful event buried deep in his past. As the novel moves back to autumn 2000 and then to summer 1949 and finally to the spring of the mid-nineteenth century, Daniel's family's history unspools, until we meet a Chinese bushranger, Ah Yang.

Intriguing and beautifully written, this dazzling novel unravels the secrets and memories of an Irish-Chinese family to explore what it means to belong to place, to ancestors, to ourselves - spanning centuries and generations.

Free, but bookings are essential.

Please book here.