Toni Jordan in conversation

Join bestselling author Toni Jordan in conversation with local writer and critic Jenny Hedley to discuss her acclaimed new novel Tenderfoot. 
 
Tenderfoot is an exhilarating and deeply moving novel about coming of age in 1970s Australia, set against the world of greyhound racing.  
 
Set in 1970s Brisbane and inspired by Jordan’s own childhood, Tenderfoot is a poignant coming‑of‑age story about memory, resilience and growing up too soon. Hailed as “extraordinary … the makings of an Australian classic” (The Guardian), the novel offers a richly detailed portrait of an Australian childhood that will resonate across generations.

About Toni Jordan

Toni Jordan is the author of the international bestseller Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and adapted into a feature film. Her novel, Nine Days, was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards; Our Tiny, Useless Hearts, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award; and her two Schnabel family novels, Dinner with the Schnabels and Prettier if She Smiled More, were critically acclaimed. Toni holds a Bachelor of Science in physiology and a PhD in Creative Arts and lives in Melbourne. 

About Jenny Hedley

Jenny Hedley is a third-year Creative Writing PhD candidate who teaches writing at RMIT and Deakin. Her literary criticism features in Archer, Cordite, Griffith Review, Language & Literature, Mascara, Overland, Sydney Review of Books, TEXT, Verity La, Westerly and elsewhere. Her essays can be found in the anthologies Crip Stories: An Anthology of Disabled Writers and Admissions: Voices within Mental Health.