Fresh from the superlative Brisbane (Australia) Writers Festival 2026, I am catching up with events that I missed and came across this link on the BWF website of an address given by British author Jasper Fforde back in 2019.
https://bwf.org.au/news/podcasts/jasper-fforde-on-the-power-of-imagination-at-bwf19
As an avid fan of his books I was there at the time and I was very impressed by his eloquence and spot-on analysis but nothing big seemed to come of it publicly so I am delighted to see it resurrected for those who were not able to see him speak to a rapt audience on the closing night of Brisbane Writers Festival 2019.
Quote: “Jasper started writing in 1988 and spent eleven years secretly writing novel after novel as he strove to find a style of his own that was a no-mans-land somewhere between the warring factions of Literary and Absurd.”
Read the inimitable Thursday Next books to enjoy his literary creations.
Info: Jasper Fforde website https://www.jasperfforde.com/index.html
Thursday Next final investigation released Thursday 15th October 2026.
https://jasperfforde.com/darkreadingmatter/index.html
His characters changed the way I read books!
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💗 Image 2019 and info compiled Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2026
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